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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">The First Year in Computer Science</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2008-06-02T16:30:00" datetime="2008-06-02T16:30:00">Monday, June 2, 2008 from 4:30</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2008-06-02T18:00:00" datetime="2008-06-02T18:00:00">6pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202390271'><span class='fn org p-name'>Portland State University</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">1633 SW Park Ave</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">OR</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97214</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">US</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1633%20SW%20Park%20Ave,%20Portland%20OR%2097214%20US'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>The First Year in Computer Science Matthias Felleisen Northeastern University 2nd June, 16:40–18:00 Location: Hoffman Hall Rm 109, Portland State University Abstract</p> <p>My team and I have developed an alternative approach to the first-year courses on programming and computing. Unlike conventional approaches, ours focuses on designing programs in a systematic manner. The syntax of the chosen programming languages (both Java and Scheme) is only discussed as needed to support design principles. Field tests with over 500 high schools and a dozen colleges have shown that the approach produces better students than conventional approaches that use a single language. In several controlled studies, we could also show that students find our curriculum more appealing than the AP curriculum.</p> <p>In my talk, I will provide an overview of the project, especially its intellectual premises and principles. My goal is to encourage you to think about the first year in a different way. The old ones are of questionable value. If we want our beautiful discipline to survive, we must find a good way of teaching it."</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~colloq/felleisen-firstYear.html ">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>