ERIC Number: ED288736
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 237
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ISBN: ISBN-88315-571-0
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Advanced Placement Computer Science (with Pascal). Teacher's Guide. Volume 1. Second Edition.
Farkouh, Alice; And Others
The purpose of this guide is to give teachers and supervisors a working knowledge of various approaches to enhancing pupil learning about computer science, particularly through the use of Pascal. It contains instructional units dealing with: (1) computer components; (2) computer languages; (3) compilers; (4) essential features of a Pascal program; (5) Pascal variables; (6) data types and constants; (7) real and integer data types; (8) character and Boolean data types; (9) standard or built-in functions; (10) IF-THEN statements; (11) IF-THEN-ELSE control structures; (12) nested IF-THEN-ELSE statements; (13) programs involving IF-THEN-ELSE statements; (14) REPEAT-UNTIL structures; (15) WHILE-DO statements; (16) FOR-DO statements; (17) CASE statements; (18) standard files, input and output; (19) Eof and Eoln functions; (20) stepwise refinement; (21) inventory management; (22) functions; (23) local variables and side effects; (24) procedures without parameters; (25) procedures with parameters; (26) parameters in procedures and functions; (27) scope of an identifier; (28) forward references; (29) top-down design; (30) programming methodology; (31) program correctness; (32) recursive functions, part 1; (33) recursive function, part 2; (34) indirect recursion; (35) the Towers of Hanoi problem; (36) iteration vs. recursion; (37) user-defined scalar types; and (38) subrange types. (TW)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, College Science, Computer Literacy, Computer Science, Computer Uses in Education, Course Content, Courseware, Higher Education, Programing, Programing Languages, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
New York City Board of Education, Div. of Curriculum and Instruction, 131 Livingston Street, Room 613, Brooklyn, NY 11201 ($12.00).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Computer Programs
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction.
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