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Treffer: Teaching programming to beginners: Choosing the language is the first step

Title:
Teaching programming to beginners: Choosing the language is the first step
Authors:
Duke, R. W., Salzman, E., Burmeister, J., Poon, J., Murray, L.
Contributors:
Ainslie E Ellis
Publisher Information:
ACM Digital Library
Publication Year:
2000
Collection:
The University of Queensland: UQ eSpace
Subject Terms:
280199 Information Systems not elsewhere classified, E1, 700199 Computer software and services not elsewhere classified
Document Type:
Konferenz conference object
Language:
English
Availability:
https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:147869
Accession Number:
edsbas.CD7D2C46
Database:
BASE

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Over the years there has been an ongoing debate about which computer language to adopt for a first programming subject. Although some may not agree, the current consensus is that the object-oriented languages are winning the argument, and Java has increasingly become the language of choice for teaching beginners. But choosing the language is only the first step in designing a first programming subject. The adoption of an object-oriented language such as Java offers an opportunity to completely rethink our approach to teaching first-year programming, an opportunity that should not be missed. In this paper we identify what we see as the non language-specific core issues, and discuss how we approached these issues when designing and teaching a programming subject for beginners.