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From: pattis@uw-june.UUCP (Richard Pattis)
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Subject: Re: teaching CS to first year undergrads
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Date: Tue, 26-May-87 13:37:10 EDT
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Summary: A good resource for intro courses

Regardless of which Pascal book you use, write and get a free copy of Doug
Cooper's, "Teaching Introductory Programming" published by W.W. Norton.  It
has all sorts of good general advice about running this type of course.  I
tend to violently disagree with about half of what Doug says; but I tend to
violently agree with the other half.  In any case, this book is a good place
to at least be presented with the issues, and see how one instructor solves
them.

Rich Pattis