Paradigms and laboratories in the core computer science curriculum: an overview

  • Authors:
  • Pieter H. Hartel;L. O. Hertzberger

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Systems, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam. The Netherlands;Department of Computer Systems, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam. The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
  • Year:
  • 1995

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Abstract

Recent issues of the bulletin of the ACM SIGCSE have been scrutinised to find evidence that the use of laboratory sessions and different programming paradigms improve learning difficult concepts and techniques, such as recursion and problem solving.Many authors in the surveyed literature believe that laboratories are effective because they offer a mode of learning that complements classroom teaching. Several authors believe that different paradigms are effective when used to support teaching mathematics (logic and discrete mathematics) and computer science (programming, comparative programming languages and abstract machines).Precious little evidence by way of reported results of surveys, interviews and exams was found in the ACM SIGCSE bulletins to support these beliefs.