Title :
A new approach to Programming Language education for beginners with top-down learning
Author :
Saito, Daisuke ; Yamaura, Tsuneo
Author_Institution :
Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokai Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
There are two basic approaches in learning new programming language: a bottom-up approach and a top-down approach. It has been said that if a learner has already acquired one language, the top-down approach is more efficient to learn another while, for a person who has absolutely no knowledge of any programming languages; the bottom-up approach is preferable. The major problem of the bottom-up approach is that it requires longer period to acquire the language. For quicker learning, this paper applies a top-down approach for a beginner who has not yet acquired any programming languages.
Keywords :
computer science education; programming languages; bottom-up learning approach; programming language education; top-down learning approach; Computer languages; Education; Encoding; Grammar; Interviews; Programming profession; Bottom-Up Approach; Programming-learning; Top-Down Approach;
Conference_Titel :
Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bali
DOI :
10.1109/TALE.2013.6654538