Reflections on the Teaching of Programming: Methods and Implementations

Jens Bennedsen (auth.), Jens Bennedsen, Michael E. Caspersen, Michael Kölling (eds.)9783540779339, 3540779337

This state-of-the-art survey, reflecting on the teaching of programming, has been written by a group of primarily Scandinavian researchers and educators with special interest and experience in the subject of programming. The 14 chapters – contributed by 24 authors – present practical experience gathered in the process of teaching programming and associated with computing education research work. Special emphasis is placed on practical advice and concrete suggestions.

The authors are all members of the Scandinavian Pedagogy of Programming Network (SPoP), and bring together a diverse body of experiences from the Nordic countries. The 14 chapters of the book have been carefully written and edited to present 4 coherent units on issues in introductory programming courses, object-oriented programming, teaching software engineering issues, and assessment. Each of these individual parts has its own detailed introduction.

The topics addressed span a wide range of problems and solutions associated with the teaching of programming such as introductory programming courses, exposition of the programming process, apprentice-based learning, functional programming first, problem-based learning, the use of on-line tutorials, object-oriented programming and Java, the BlueJ environment to introduce programming, model-driven programming as opposed to the prevailing language-driven approach, teaching software engineering, testing, extreme programming, frameworks, feedback and assessment, active learning, technology-based individual feedback, and mini project programming exams.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
Front Matter….Pages 1-1
Introduction to Part I Issues in Introductory Programming Courses….Pages 3-5
Exposing the Programming Process….Pages 6-16
Apprentice-Based Learning Via Integrated Lectures and Assignments….Pages 17-29
Experiences with Functional Programming in an Introductory Curriculum….Pages 30-46
Learning Programming with the PBL Method — Experiences on PBL Cases and Tutoring….Pages 47-67
Using On-Line Tutorials in Introductory IT Courses….Pages 68-74
Front Matter….Pages 75-75
Introduction to Part II Introducing Object-Oriented Programming….Pages 77-79
Transitioning to OOP/Java — A Never Ending Story….Pages 80-97
Using BlueJ to Introduce Programming….Pages 98-115
Model-Driven Programming….Pages 116-129
CS1: Getting Started….Pages 130-141
Front Matter….Pages 143-143
Introduction to Part III Teaching Software Engineering Issues….Pages 145-146
Experiences with a Focus on Testing in Teaching….Pages 147-165
Teaching Software Development Using Extreme Programming….Pages 166-189
Frameworks in Teaching….Pages 190-205
Front Matter….Pages 207-207
Introduction to Part IV Assessment….Pages 209-209
Active Learning and Examination Methods in a Data Structures and Algorithms Course….Pages 210-227
Mini Project Programming Exams….Pages 228-242
Back Matter….Pages –