Education in Programming David Gries Dr. rer ... - Cornell University
Education in Programming David Gries Dr. rer ... - Cornell University
Education in Programming David Gries Dr. rer ... - Cornell University
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How to teach programm<strong>in</strong>g, us<strong>in</strong>g Java<br />
an objected-oriented language<br />
Algorithmic aspects<br />
Pr<strong>in</strong>cipals: Emphasize correctness concerns<br />
Give a good model of execution<br />
Teach programm<strong>in</strong>g, not programs<br />
m: 0<br />
p1 p2<br />
1. Deeper <strong>in</strong>vestigation <strong>in</strong>to procedures/functions<br />
2. If-statements, local variables<br />
3. Model of execution, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g a frame for a call<br />
4. Stepwise ref<strong>in</strong>ement<br />
5. Recursion. Emphasize difference between the model of execution<br />
and understand<strong>in</strong>g a recursive function (proof of correctness)<br />
6. Loops: taught <strong>in</strong> terms of loop <strong>in</strong>variants, right from the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g<br />
12<br />
t1<br />
frame for call of function m with<br />
pars p1, p2 and local var t1<br />
12
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