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@Article{Carrasquel:1993:NML,
  author =       "Jacobo Carrasquel",
  title =        "Necessity is the mother of language features",
  journal =      j-SIGCSE,
  volume =       "25",
  number =       "2",
  pages =        "59--64",
  month =        jun,
  year =         "1993",
  CODEN =        "SIGSD3",
  DOI =          "https://doi.org/10.1145/152751.152765",
  ISSN =         "0097-8418 (print), 2331-3927 (electronic)",
  ISSN-L =       "0097-8418",
  bibdate =      "Sat Nov 17 18:57:23 MST 2012",
  bibsource =    "http://portal.acm.org/;
                 http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/sigcse1990.bib",
  abstract =     "A common problem when teaching CS1 courses to non-CS
                 majors is students' lack of motivation. This paper
                 describes a new approach and methodology intended to
                 solve this problem: The new approach involves a
                 different sequencing of topics covered in most CS1
                 courses, and the division of the course into four
                 units; thus exposing students to four different
                 problems of moderate length and degree of difficulty.
                 The new methodology consists of presenting students
                 with problems for which the programming features
                 learned up to that point are inadequate to solve the
                 task. Thus, instead of presenting topics (language
                 features) followed by a series of problems which
                 require the student to apply specific tools, I
                 introduce problems which create a need for new language
                 features. This way students feel more motivated to
                 explore new venues and participate more effectively in
                 the decision-making process.",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  fjournal =     "SIGCSE Bulletin (ACM Special Interest Group on
                 Computer Science Education)",
  journal-URL =  "http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?idx=J688",
}

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