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Recommended curriculum for CS1, 1984
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Volume 27 ,  Issue 10  (October 1984) table of contents
Pages: 998 - 1001  
Year of Publication: 1984
ISSN:0001-0782
Authors
Elliot B. Koffman  Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA
Philip L. Miller  Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA
Caroline E. Wardle  Boston Univ., Boston, MA
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ACM  New York, NY, USA
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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Curriculum

Additional Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Computer science education


General Terms:
Design, Human Factors, Management, Performance, Theory


Keywords:
ACM curriculum, first course in computer science

Collaborative Colleagues:
Elliot B. Koffman: colleagues
Philip L. Miller: colleagues
Caroline E. Wardle: colleagues

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