Experience Teaching Introductory Programming Courses

Liguo Yu
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This paper describes the teaching methods and teaching experiences of an instructor who has been teaching computer science freshmen for more than ten years. Problem-based learning has been used in introductory programming courses to enhance the quality of learning. The common problem in introductory programming courses is that instructors quite often focus mainly on programming language syntax and usage but ignore the real world applications of these language features. Accordingly, students are likely to find out that it is difficult to apply their programming skills on solving complex problems in their high level courses. Through introducing problem-based learning in introductory programming courses, students not only could obtain experience of dealing with complex problems, but also could practice other soft skills, such as team working skills, which could better prepare them for junior and senior level coursework and capstone projects. In addition, other philosophy issues related to teaching introductory courses are discussed and tentative solutions are presented. KEywoRdS Computer Science Education, Introductory Programming Education, Lab Assignments, Problem-based Learning, Projects, Teaching Philosophy, Teaching Quality, Teamwork
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本文介绍了一位从事计算机新生教学十余年的教师的教学方法和教学经验。基于问题的学习已被用于编程入门课程,以提高学习质量。在编程入门课程中,一个常见的问题是,讲师往往主要关注编程语言的语法和用法,而忽略了这些语言特性在现实世界中的应用。因此,学生很可能会发现,在他们的高级课程中,很难应用他们的编程技能来解决复杂的问题。通过在编程入门课程中引入基于问题的学习,学生不仅可以获得处理复杂问题的经验,还可以锻炼其他软技能,如团队合作技能,为初中和高中阶段的课程学习和毕业项目做好准备。此外,本文还讨论了与导论课程教学有关的其他哲学问题,并提出了初步的解决办法。关键词:计算机科学教育,编程入门教育,实验作业,基于问题的学习,项目,教学理念,教学质量,团队合作
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