Using abstraction barriers to motivate the teaching of object-oriented concepts

  • Authors:

  • Dale Shaffer

  • Affiliations:

  • Lander University, Greenwood, SC

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

The introductory concepts that are covered when students are introduced to the object-oriented paradigm can be taught from the perspective of abstraction barriers. The relationships between information hiding, encapsulation, and message passing can be more visible with the use of abstraction barriers. This paper proposes the use of abstraction barriers as a vehicle for introducing and reinforcing these topics in conjunction with the introduction to the object-oriented paradigm.