Designing introductory computing assignments: The view from the computing center

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William W. McMillan

Andrew R. Jennings Computing Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Andrew R. Jennings Computing Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 14 Issue 1February 1982pp 82–84https://doi.org/10.1145/953051.801343

Published:01 February 1982Publication History

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin

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The suggestions made here are based on experience as a consultant, writer, and educator at an academic computing center, and on some wellworn precepts of educational psychology. The goal is to convince instructors of introductory computing classes to apply to the design of computing assignments some principles they probably already use in teaching the main content of their courses.

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1 Mayer, R. E. The psychology of how novices learn computer programming. Computing Surveys, 1981, 13, 121-141. Google ScholarDigital Library

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Designing introductory computing assignments: The view from the computing center
1. Applied computing
  1. Law, social and behavioral sciences
    1. Psychology
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
        Information science education
    2. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 14, Issue 1
Proceedings of the 13th SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education
February 1982
278 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/953051
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SIGCSE '82: Proceedings of the thirteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 1982
271 pages
ISBN:0897910672
DOI:10.1145/800066
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John F. Dalphin,
Robert A. Barrett,
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