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@Article{Reek:1995:TAT,
  author =       "Margaret M. Reek",
  title =        "A top-down approach to teaching programming",
  journal =      j-SIGCSE,
  volume =       "27",
  number =       "1",
  pages =        "6--9",
  month =        mar,
  year =         "1995",
  CODEN =        "SIGSD3",
  DOI =          "https://doi.org/10.1145/199691.199696",
  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 =     "Programming is traditionally taught using a bottom-up
                 approach, where details of syntax and implementation of
                 data structures are the predominant concepts. The
                 top-down approach proposed focuses instead on
                 understanding the abstractions represented by the
                 classical data structures without regard to their
                 physical implementation. Only after the students are
                 comfortable with the behavior and applications of the
                 major data structures do they learn about their
                 implementations or the basic data types like arrays and
                 pointers that are used. This paper discusses the
                 benefits of such an approach and how it is being used
                 in a Computer Science curriculum.",
  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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