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A pedagogical framework for introducing Java I/O in CS1

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 32, Issue 4

Pages 57 - 59

https://doi.org/10.1145/369295.369326

Published: 01 December 2000 Publication History

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The role of Java for teaching CS1 has received considerable attention. A common concern of many educators is that the Java I/O paradigm is too challenging for novice programmers and that significant time must be devoted to the subject. This additional time may take away from the traditional CS1 content. Four strategies for teaching Java I/O in CS1 are reviewed herein. Text-based versus GUI-based applications represent the two extremes. Advantages and disadvantages are provided for each approach. A description of preliminary work to develop a Java package that makes implementing GUI applications simple is given, with the objective of preparing students for the eventual transition to the Java AWT.

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Lukkarinen AMalmi LHaaranen L(2021)Event-driven Programming in Programming EducationACM Transactions on Computing Education10.1145/342395621:1(1-31)Online publication date: 16-Mar-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3423956
Cohen RFairley AGerry DLima GDann WNaps TTymann PBaldwin D(2005)Accessibility in introductory computer scienceProceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/1047344.1047367(17-21)Online publication date: 23-Feb-2005
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1047344.1047367
Cohen RFairley AGerry DLima G(2005)Accessibility in introductory computer scienceACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/1047124.104736737:1(17-21)Online publication date: 23-Feb-2005
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1047124.1047367

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A pedagogical framework for introducing Java I/O in CS1
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
      2. Model curricula
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language types

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 32, Issue 4

Dec. 2000

74 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/369295

Editor:
John Impagliazzo
Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, NY

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Association for Computing Machinery

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Lukkarinen AMalmi LHaaranen L(2021)Event-driven Programming in Programming EducationACM Transactions on Computing Education10.1145/342395621:1(1-31)Online publication date: 16-Mar-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3423956
Cohen RFairley AGerry DLima GDann WNaps TTymann PBaldwin D(2005)Accessibility in introductory computer scienceProceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/1047344.1047367(17-21)Online publication date: 23-Feb-2005
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1047344.1047367
Cohen RFairley AGerry DLima G(2005)Accessibility in introductory computer scienceACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/1047124.104736737:1(17-21)Online publication date: 23-Feb-2005
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1047124.1047367

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