Studying Programming by Sally Fincher

Studying Programming by Sally Fincher

We've written this book to support students in studying programming. It is not a text to teach any particular programming language, but to be used alongside such a book, or in conjunction with a taught course. In Studying Programming we concentrate on what other books consider too 'obvious' or too 'basic'. We explain the ideas that others assume you know, we describe the things that can make learning to program a frustrating experience if you don't know them. We stay with you through the process from starting with your very first blank screen to working on complex problems within a team. Studying Programming has been written by 9 members of the Computing Education Research Group at the University of Kent. All of us are practicing computing academics who also have a research interest in CS education. So we have a strong classroom background - teaching students on a daily basis - and a strong research background, knowing what has been investigated (and written on) with regard to students' knowledge, conception and difficulties in introductory programming.

This book is a significant achievement, meeting a desperate need for the kind of material that rarely finds its way into conventional, language-specific books on learning to programIt should be required reading for all students embarking on a course of study that involves some programming. - Nick Efford, University of Leeds, UK

Studying Programming is co-authored by Sally Fincher and eight other members of the Computer Education Research Group at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. All are practising computer science (CS) academics with a research interest in CS education. They bring to this book their individual specialist areas of computer education research.

SALLY FINCHER is Lecturer in the Computing Laboratory at the University of Kent where she leads the Computer Education Research Group. She is editor of the Journal Computer Science Education jointly with Renee McCauley

The other authors from the Computer Education Research Group are:

DAVID BARNES is a Lecturer at the University of Kent.

JANET CARTER teaches Mathematics, Formal Reasoning and Network Analysis to Computer Science students.

ALIY FOWLER is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Kent.

URSULA FULLER is Dean of Science, Technology and Medical Studies at the University of Kent.

MATTHEW JADUD is a PhD student at the University of Kent.

COLIN JOHNSON is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Kent.

BOB KEIM is a Lecturer in Computing at the University of Kent-Medway.

JANET LININGTON is a Lecturer in the Computing Laboratory at the University of Kent.

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ISBN 13	9781403946874
ISBN 10	1403946876
Title	Studying Programming
Author	Sally Fincher
Series	Macmillan Study Skills
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2006-02-14
Number of pages	280
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.