The Tao of Computing: . - Softcover

Walker, Henry Mackay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763725528 ISBN 13: 9780763725525

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2004

Synopsis

The Tao of Computing provides readers with the knowledge, concepts, and skills necessary for computer fluency as defined in the National Research Council's report, Being Fluent with Information Technology. Motivated by a belief that students learn best when material connects with their experiences, backgrounds, and perspective, author Henry Walker has built The Tao of Computing around a unique question-and-answer format. Each chapter and section begins with a "real-life" computing question, the answer to which serves as the starting point for an in-depth discussion of a fluency-related concept. The questions have been carefully developed to be representative of those asked by general computer users and were, in many instances, posed by the author's students. Individually, they help students easily build an understanding of important IT concepts. As a whole, they address completely all of the topic areas that the NRC has defined as critical to developing IT fluency.

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About the Author

Since 1974, Henry M. Walker has taught mathematics and computer science at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, where he is now Samuel R. and Marie-Louise Rosenthal Professor of Natural Science and Mathematics and Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1974 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.S. in Computer Science in 1979 from the University of Iowa after receiving his A.B. Magna cum Laude with Highest Honors in Mathematics from Williams College in 1969. He has been active in educational issues throughout his career, particularly in computing-related areas. He currently serves as Chair of the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), as Secretary of ACM's SIG Governing Board, and a member of the Committee on the Profession of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). He regularly consults with colleges regarding curricular and pedagogy matters, and has been part of 17 external review teams of computer science departments or mathematics and computer science departments. He also is a long-time consultant for the Advanced Placement Computer Science Program (APCS) of the College Board.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763725528
• ISBN 13: 9780763725525
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 476