Programming, disciplines and methods adopted at Liverpool Hope University

dc.creator	A. K. Whitfield
dc.creator	S. Blakeway
dc.creator	G. E. Herterich
dc.creator	C. Beaumont
dc.date	2007-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:20:10Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:20:10Z
dc.identifier	1473-7507
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/95155d779cb24bbabb9ace7ee6c89c4c
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/28073
dc.description	The ability to problem solve is one of the key skills that a computing student requires in order to learn to program. Although students recruited to the more technically challenging Computer Science degree will have higher mathematical skills at secondary level, students recruited to the Information Technology degree usually have considerably less mathematical ability. This paper reflects upon the fundamental techniques that Liverpool Hope University has adopted to assist in the learning of programming for entry level students on an undergraduate level degree in Computer Science and Information Technology. It examines the key principles of design, development and practice and how the teaching incorporates these principles into the first year courses. It presents a set of strategies developed at Liverpool Hope University over several years which have been successful in promoting programming as an interesting and worthwhile discipline. The development of bespoke software and customised text books to guide teaching and learning is discussed, as is students’ response, via a questionnaire, to these methods of learning programming.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Higher Education Academy Subject Network for Information & Computer Sciences
dc.relation	http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/italics/vol6iss4/Whitfield.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1473-7507
dc.source	ITALICS, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 145-168 (2007)
dc.subject	problem solving skills
dc.subject	teaching programming
dc.subject	programming text books
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Programming, disciplines and methods adopted at Liverpool Hope University
dc.type	article