Teaching computer science through writing

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Teaching computer science through writing

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin archive
Volume 18 , Issue 2 (June 1986) table of contents

Pages: 82 - 83

Year of Publication: 1986

ISSN:0097-8418

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William J Taffe

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Student difficulty in expressing computing concepts in clear, concise English has stimulated me to introduce a writing assignment into various Computer Science courses. This article describes the problem, the goals of the assignment, and student improvement and reaction.

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	James R. F. Quirk, Teaching computer networks as a writing intensive course, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, v.20 n.2, p.30-35, June, 1988
	Vianney Coté, Teaching oral communication in computer science, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, v.19 n.2, p.58-60, June 1987