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@Article{Herrmann:1995:CAL,
  author =       "Nira Herrmann and Jeffrey L. Popyack",
  title =        "Creating an authentic learning experience in
                 introductory programming courses",
  journal =      j-SIGCSE,
  volume =       "27",
  number =       "1",
  pages =        "199--203",
  month =        mar,
  year =         "1995",
  CODEN =        "SIGSD3",
  DOI =          "https://doi.org/10.1145/199691.199780",
  ISSN =         "0097-8418 (print), 2331-3927 (electronic)",
  ISSN-L =       "0097-8418",
  bibdate =      "Sat Nov 17 18:57:28 MST 2012",
  bibsource =    "http://portal.acm.org/;
                 http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/sigcse1990.bib",
  abstract =     "We have developed an integrated, software-based course
                 in scientific and statistical programming consisting of
                 an introduction to computer programming and data
                 analysis concepts. This course is being taught in an
                 innovative way to non-majors: ``stretched'' over two
                 quarters rather than taught in a single term. Classes
                 meet in a computer classroom so students have a
                 seamless lecture/laboratory experience to reinforce the
                 concept that the computer should be made use of
                 whenever needed, rather than only at specified lab
                 times. In addition to presenting key programming and
                 data analysis concepts, we are giving the course an
                 applied research focus to illustrate to students the
                 importance and utility of programming and statistical
                 concepts to their own fields. This focus provides
                 motivation for students to learn material they often
                 perceive to be difficult and not relevant to them. It
                 also provides a mechanism for addressing the increasing
                 perception of faculty in a variety of technological
                 fields that many students have problems with
                 abstraction, the use of symbolic notation to understand
                 or express ideas (e.g., through mathematical models),
                 the interpretation of graphical information, and
                 written communication, since all of these skills are
                 needed in applied research. The software-based approach
                 to teaching programming concepts dovetails nicely with
                 the applied research orientation of the course in that
                 the software we use is widely applicable to a variety
                 of activities, from word-processing to data handling
                 and analysis.",
  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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