Teaching problem solving in an introductory computer science class

Authors:
David D. Riley
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Venue:
SIGCSE '81 Proceedings of the twelfth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
1981

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Abstract

This paper deals the difficulties of teaching problem solving in an introductory level computer science course where the majority of students are not computer science majors. An approach is suggested using top-down design techniques. The specific pseudo language, problem definition form, and design procedure taught in this course are described.