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From: dlm@sjfc.UUCP (Don Muench)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Logo for college-level computer literacy courses
Summary: A fourth alternative
Message-ID: <1071@sjfc.UUCP>
Date: 4 Aug 90 01:12:08 GMT
References: <1990Jul31.195854.4630@cs.rochester.edu> <1990Aug2.131246.6932@cec1.wustl.edu>
Organization: St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY
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In article <1990Aug2.131246.6932@cec1.wustl.edu>, conrad@wucs1.wustl.edu (H. Conrad Cunningham) writes:
> 	A third approach might be a course built around David Harel's
> book _Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing_ (or its general audience
> version _The Science of Computing: Exploring the Nature and Power of
> Algorithms_) or some similar book.  
> 
> _Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing_ by David Harel, Addison-Wesley, 1987.
> 
> _The Science of Computing: Exploring the Nature and Power of
> 	Algorithms_ by David Harel, Addison-Wesley, 1989.
> 
A fourth approach might be to organize the course around "Exploring Language
with Logo" by E. Paul Goldenberg and Wallace Feurzeig, MIT Press, 1987.
In the introduction the authors "invite you to participate in the play and work
of the linguist, exploring the structure, function, and history of language
through projects, experiments, and examples of language in use."

I acquired this book just recently and have not read it through yet (I should
have Logo so that I can be more interactive with the book...), so I can't
say how good it is.  But, it is an intriguing book so far, and one which
gives a different kind of introduction to computing.

The third approach with algorithmics looks very interesting, too.  I think
I'll look at the books by Harel

Don
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Don Muench
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St. John Fisher College
Rochester, NY 14618-9987
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