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“The simple internal procedure as an effective tool in the teaching and practice of structured PL/I”

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 9, Issue 1

Pages 22 - 25

https://doi.org/10.1145/382063.803354

Published: 01 February 1977 Publication History

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This paper reports on two successful curricular innovations made in the first-year PL/I programming course at Rutgers. Simple internal procedures are introduced at an early point, and used extensively thereafter; and fairly long, large programming projects are undertaken. The combined effect significantly reinforces the presentation of structured programming methodology, as well as enhancing the general educational effectiveness of the course.

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Fosdick HMackey K(1978)A pragmatic introductory course in COBOLACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/382186.38258510:2(53-58)Online publication date: 1-Jun-1978
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/382186.382585
Pattis R(1993)The “procedures early” approach in CS 1ACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/169073.16936225:1(122-126)Online publication date: 1-Mar-1993
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/169073.169362
Pattis RKlein BLaxer CYoung F(1993)The “procedures early” approach in CS 1Proceedings of the twenty-fourth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/169070.169362(122-126)Online publication date: 1-Apr-1993
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“The simple internal procedure as an effective tool in the teaching and practice of structured PL/I”
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Model curricula
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Software implementation planning
        Software design techniques
    2. Software development techniques
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features
      2. Language types

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 9, Issue 1

Special issue seventh technical symposium on computer science education

Feb 1977

187 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/382063

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SIGCSE '77: Proceedings of the seventh SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 1977
187 pages
ISBN:9781450374071
DOI:10.1145/800104
Chairman:
Richard H. Austing

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Fosdick HMackey K(1978)A pragmatic introductory course in COBOLACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/382186.38258510:2(53-58)Online publication date: 1-Jun-1978
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/382186.382585
Pattis R(1993)The “procedures early” approach in CS 1ACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/169073.16936225:1(122-126)Online publication date: 1-Mar-1993
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/169073.169362
Pattis RKlein BLaxer CYoung F(1993)The “procedures early” approach in CS 1Proceedings of the twenty-fourth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/169070.169362(122-126)Online publication date: 1-Apr-1993
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/169070.169362
Levine D(1978)A workable interpreter project for a “Structured Programming” courseACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/953028.80423010:3(38-44)Online publication date: 1-Aug-1978
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/953028.804230
Levine DBerztiss AChuang H(1978)A workable interpreter project for a “Structured Programming” courseProceedings of the ninth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/800130.804230(38-44)Online publication date: 14-Aug-1978
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/800130.804230

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