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Client view first: an exodus from implementation-biased teaching

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Timothy Long,

Bruce Weide,

Paolo Bucci,

Murali SitaramanAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '99: The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

Pages 136 - 140

https://doi.org/10.1145/299649.299734

Published: 01 March 1999 Publication History

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When teaching certain CS topics (e.g., abstract data types, operating systems), the instructor tries to make clear the distinction between the "client" perspective and the "implementer" perspective. But when teaching some programming language features and related programming techniques, this dichotomy often is not respected as strongly as it should be. We illustrate this with a discussion of how to teach recursion, comparing a traditional approach with one that is careful not to blur the distinctions between client view and implementer view. The latter better supports new learners in the creation of a sound and consistent mental model for developing and reasoning about programs that involve recursion.

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Client view first: an exodus from implementation-biased teaching
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
        Information science education
    2. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
        Computer and information systems training

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SIGCSE '99: The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

March 1999

383 pages

ISBN:1581130856

DOI:10.1145/299649

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 31, Issue 1
March 1999
370 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/384266
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