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Machanick, Philip – Computers and Education, 2007
Teaching programming concepts in a more object-oriented way is a growing trend in Computer Science education. This paper takes the idea of abstraction-first teaching a step further, by using Bloom's Taxonomy to design a course to present factual content early, followed by higher-level cognitive skills. In the course described here, factual content…
Descriptors: Programming, Programming Languages, Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education
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Lin, Janet Mei-Chuen; Wu, Cheng-Chih – Computers and Education, 2007
Based on the findings from reviewing 32 textbooks in the past four years for Taiwan's Ministry of Education, we have identified common problems in the reviewed textbooks and analyzed their inadequacies. Typical problems include the Wintel bias, too much coverage of software application tools and too little of computer science concepts, too many…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Secondary Education, Textbook Evaluation, Textbooks
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Namlu, Aysen Gurcan; Odabasi, Hatice Ferhan – Computers and Education, 2007
This study was carried out in a Turkish university with 216 undergraduate students of computer technology as respondents. The study aimed to develop a scale (UECUBS) to determine the unethical computer use behavior. A factor analysis of the related items revealed that the factors were can be divided under five headings; intellectual property,…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Undergraduate Students, Computer Science Education, Integrity