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Teaching Java Backwards
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Machanick, Philip – Computers and Education, 2007
Teaching programming concepts in a more object-oriented way is a growing trend in Computer Science education. This paper takes the idea of abstraction-first teaching a step further, by using Bloom's Taxonomy to design a course to present factual content early, followed by higher-level cognitive skills. In the course described here, factual content…
Descriptors: Programming, Programming Languages, Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education