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Direct linkAl-Imamy, Samer; Alizadeh, Javanshir; Nour, Mohamed A. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2006
One of the major issues related to teaching an introductory programming course is the excessive amount of time spent on the language's syntax, which leaves little time for developing skills in program design and solution creativity. The wide variation in the students' backgrounds, coupled with the traditional classroom (one size-fits-all) teaching…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Introductory Courses, Syntax, Program Design
