Scaling: a design pattern in introductory computer science courses

Authors:
Harriet J. Fell;Viera K. Proulx;Richard Rasala
Affiliations:
Northeastern University, College of Computer Science, Boston, MA;Northeastern University, College of Computer Science, Boston, MA;Northeastern University, College of Computer Science, Boston, MA
Venue:
SIGCSE '98 Proceedings of the twenty-ninth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
1998

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Abstract

We present a series of programming exercises that use scaling as a theme for teaching design techniques in the introductory computer science course sequence. All exercises are on the level easily mastered in the first year of programming. Additionally, the exercises introduce a rich variety of applications of computer science.