Developing authentic problem solving skills in introductory computing classes Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:5044042, abstract = {The ability to solve problems is the key to developing software, and it is an ability that can be difficult to learn. Introductory Computer Science students are often taught syntax and semantics, along with simple problems designed to develop logical, structured thinking, but authentic problem-solving skills are rarely developed at these early stages.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Falkner, Katrina and Palmer, Edward}, booktitle = {SIGCSE '09: Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education}, citeulike-article-id = {5044042}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1508865.1508871}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1508865.1508871}, doi = {10.1145/1508865.1508871}, isbn = {978-1-60558-183-5}, keywords = {collaborativelearning, criticalthinking, highereducation, learning, problemsolving, teaching}, location = {Chattanooga, TN, USA}, pages = {4--8}, posted-at = {2009-07-03 10:00:25}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Developing authentic problem solving skills in introductory computing classes}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1508865.1508871}, year = {2009} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:5044042 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5044042 N2 - The ability to solve problems is the key to developing software, and it is an ability that can be difficult to learn. Introductory Computer Science students are often taught syntax and semantics, along with simple problems designed to develop logical, structured thinking, but authentic problem-solving skills are rarely developed at these early stages. CY - Chattanooga, TN, USA SN - 978-1-60558-183-5 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 8 TI - Developing authentic problem solving skills in introductory computing classes PB - ACM T2 - SIGCSE '09: Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education SP - 4 KW - collaborativelearning KW - criticalthinking KW - highereducation KW - learning KW - problemsolving KW - teaching AU - Falkner, Katrina AU - Palmer, Edward PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1508865.1508871 ER -