Book chapter
Why everyone should know how to program a computer
World Conference on Computers in Education VI, pp 603-612
1995
Abstract
The notion of programming a computer usually connotes the idea of writing computer programs in general purpose, block structured languages such as Pascal, C, FORTRAN, etc. The need for people to become proficient in such languages, even for scientists and engineers, is perceived to have diminished as powerful software tools have become available. In this paper we argue that the need for students to be familiar with the basic fundamentals of programming a computer are stronger than ever, regardless of whether they intend to become computer programmers. We discuss a software based approach developed for students in all curricula which addresses this need by introducing the concepts of programming a computer in more intuitive and friendly environments than those afforded by traditional programming languages.
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- Title
- Why everyone should know how to program a computer
- Creators
- Jeffrey L. Popyack - Drexel UniversityNira Herrmann - Drexel University
- Contributors
- J. David Tinsley (Editor)Tom J. van Weert (Editor)
- Publication Details
- World Conference on Computers in Education VI, pp 603-612
- Series
- IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing
- Publisher
- Springer US; Boston, MA
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Computer Science (Computing); College of Computing and Informatics
- Other Identifier
- 991022032716504721