A Balanced Introduction to Computer Science by David Reed

A Balanced Introduction to Computer Science by David Reed

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Aims to teach students the most important concepts in computing while providing enough programming depth to enable an understanding of how people work with computers. The text contains experimental problems using web-based tools allowing students to develop their own interactive web pages.

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A Balanced Introduction to Computer Science by David Reed

For Introduction to Computing and the Web courses in the departments of Math and Computer Science. This carefully written, balanced text teaches students the most important concepts in computing and computer science while providing enough programming depth to enable them to understand how people work with computers. Taking advantage of today's students' interest in and familiarity with the Web, the text contains experimental problems using Web-based tools; enabling them to learn the fundamentals of programming by developing their own interactive Web pages.

David Reed is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He received his M.S, and Ph.D. in computer science from Duke University. He has published extensively on topics such as apprentice-based learning. Web-based programming, and innovative instructional methods in introductory computer science. He is the principal investigator of an NSF grant involving the integration of experimentation and empirical reasoning in computer science, a member of the Liberal Arts Computer Science Consortium, and the Chief Reader for the Advanced Placement Computer Science exam since 2004.

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ISBN 13 9780130467096
ISBN 10 013046709X
Title A Balanced Introduction to Computer Science
Author David Reed
Condition Unavailable
Publisher Pearson Education (US)
Year published 2004-07-09
Number of pages 400
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