• DocumentCode
    2069121
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    26-29 Aug. 2013
  • Firstpage
    752
  • Lastpage
    755
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Bali
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/TALE.2013.6654538
  • Filename
    6654538