A historical, generalistic, and complementary approach in introductory computer science education

Authors:
Izumi Kimura
Affiliations:
Tokyo Institute of Technology and Carnegie-Mellon University
Venue:
SIGCSE '78 Proceedings of the ninth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
1978

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Abstract

A polished version of “Computers and Programming” of ACM Curriculum 68 is presented. The central theme here is the design philosophy of the course. The approach is (1) historical, in that it quickly draws an idealized picture of the history of computers and programming. It is (2) generalistic, in that it teaches various sides of the subject, including advanced software engineering ideas, in parallel in a balanced manner. Finally, it is (3) complementary, in that it takes into account the fact that a conventional Fortran course, corresponding to “Introduction to Computing” of Curriculum 68, is being taught simultaneously by another instructor.