A Balanced Introduction to Computer Science
Language: English
Published by Prentice Hall, NJ, USA, 2005
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
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371 pages. Staple holes in front cover. Back cover excerpt: This thoughtfully written text uses the Internet as a central theme, studying its history, technology, and current use. Experimental problems use Web-based tools, enabling students to learn programming fundamentals by developing their own interactive Web pages with HTML and JavaScript. Integrating breadth-based and depth-based chapters, Reed covers a broad range of topics balanced with programming depth in a hands-on, tutorial style. .63.
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- Title
- A Balanced Introduction to Computer Science
- Author
- Reed, David
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall, NJ, USA
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Softcover/Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 013046709X
- ISBN 13
- 9780130467096
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 0.63 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 255mm x 200mm x 15mm
- Seller catalogs
- Computer technical, Education
For Introduction to Computing and the Web courses in the departments of Math and Computer Science.
This carefully written, balanced text teaches students the most important concepts in computing and computer science while providing enough programming depth to enable them to understand how people work with computers. Taking advantage of today's students' interest in and familiarity with the Web, the text contains experimental problems using Web-based tools; enabling them to learn the fundamentals of programming by developing their own interactive Web pages.
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About the Author
David Reed is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He received his M.S, and Ph.D. in computer science from Duke University. He has published extensively on topics such as apprentice-based learning. Web-based programming, and innovative instructional methods in introductory computer science. He is the principal investigator of an NSF grant involving the integration of experimentation and empirical reasoning in computer science, a member of the Liberal Arts Computer Science Consortium, and the Chief Reader for the Advanced Placement Computer Science exam since 2004.
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