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Teaching functional programming to first-year students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Stef Joosten ,
Klaas Van Den Berg  and
Gerrit Van Der Hoeven
Stef Joosten
Affiliation:
University of Twente, Department of Computer Science, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands (e-mail: joosten@cs.utwente.nl)
Klaas Van Den Berg
Affiliation:
University of Twente, Department of Computer Science, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands (e-mail: joosten@cs.utwente.nl)
Gerrit Van Der Hoeven
Affiliation:
University of Twente, Department of Computer Science, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands (e-mail: joosten@cs.utwente.nl)
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Abstract

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In the period 1986–1991, experiments have been carried out with an introductory course in computer programming, based on functional programming. Due to thorough educational design and evaluation, a successful course has been developed. This has led to a revision of the computer programming education in the first year of the computer science curriculum at the University of Twente.

This article describes the approach, the aim of the computer programming course, the outline and subject matter of the course, and the evaluation. Educational research has been done to assess the quality of the course.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Functional Programming , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 49 - 65
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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