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McMaster, Kirby; Rague, Brian; Sambasivam, Samuel; Wolthuis, Stuart L. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2019
In this research study, we performed a "content analysis" of selected introductory programming textbooks for three languages to examine which software development concepts are emphasized in these books. Our goal was to determine which concepts are considered to be most representative of software development based on the topics emphasized…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Programming, Programming Languages, Computer Science Education
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McMaster, Kirby; Sambasivam, Samuel; Anderson, Nicole – Information Systems Education Journal, 2011
In this paper, we describe a Relational Algebra Query Language (RAQL) and Relational Algebra Query (RAQ) software product we have developed that allows database instructors to teach relational algebra through programming. Instead of defining query operations using mathematical notation (the approach commonly taken in database textbooks), students…
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Software, Programming, Databases