creator Allen, David creator Bathum, Nicholas creator Hammes, Katherine creator Jeong, Seon creator Johnson, Leland creator Kofman, Roman creator Hyup Kwak, Noh creator Patel, Vivek creator Rymek, Phillip creator Schmitz, Peter creator Tilatti, Michael creator Tran, Harry Dr. Ophir Frieder and Dr. David Grossman have completed a draft manuscript for an introductory book on Computer Science. The impulse behind this book is dissatisfaction with the way introductory computer science is currently taught. To our knowledge, there has yet to exist a text that focuses on semantic and algorithmic issues, rather than purely syntactical. Most students get bogged down by the intricacies of the programming language itself, which hinders their problem solving development. This book, in contrast to its many predecessors, will use the Ruby programming language. The language offers some good pedagogical aspects and this is couple with the fact that it is also becoming extremely popular in industry (e.g. 37Signals, as featured in BusinessWeek). By using Ruby, the team aims to aid students in learning semantic and algorithmic issues rather than the syntactical problems they face when learning other languages such as C++ and Java. In Fall 2007, the IPRO developed problem sets with solutions for the book, improved its examples, and developed sidebars. This semester, the IPRO will focus on testing the book with students new to computer science Submitted by Vishal Patel (vpatel87@iit.edu) on 2011-04-04T22:35:19Z No. of bitstreams: 9 Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Project Plan Sp08.pdf: 104788 bytes, checksum: e8011875ad583e3be12522a98c6fa4de (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Posters 3Sp08.pdf: 2553550 bytes, checksum: 2eaa60c9d920c517fe4c839d563d8e5a (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Poster2 Sp08.pdf: 412774 bytes, checksum: 0e8a9f53352199e37e09371090645b3c (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Poster1 Sp08.pdf: 13199670 bytes, checksum: adaf6bd5a062aad1def7f813a0a97790 (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Midterm Report Sp08.pdf: 189626 bytes, checksum: b4432b5a179696ab2cd7560131b0c30b (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Final Report Sp08.pdf: 658579 bytes, checksum: 4ed1db74e5b75651f0f01bcb7b5108e6 (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Final PresentationSp08.pdf: 550082 bytes, checksum: 64752c657accb1550cd0e2dd3dc7edcf (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Ethics Sp08.pdf: 52633 bytes, checksum: d6fabf59954139cac10c86e6f9b621f8 (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Brochure Sp08.pdf: 4127413 bytes, checksum: 9c9bed3f356ef85a5bb6affecf2a1be4 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-04-04T22:35:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 9 Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Project Plan Sp08.pdf: 104788 bytes, checksum: e8011875ad583e3be12522a98c6fa4de (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Posters 3Sp08.pdf: 2553550 bytes, checksum: 2eaa60c9d920c517fe4c839d563d8e5a (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Poster2 Sp08.pdf: 412774 bytes, checksum: 0e8a9f53352199e37e09371090645b3c (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Poster1 Sp08.pdf: 13199670 bytes, checksum: adaf6bd5a062aad1def7f813a0a97790 (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Midterm Report Sp08.pdf: 189626 bytes, checksum: b4432b5a179696ab2cd7560131b0c30b (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Final Report Sp08.pdf: 658579 bytes, checksum: 4ed1db74e5b75651f0f01bcb7b5108e6 (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Final PresentationSp08.pdf: 550082 bytes, checksum: 64752c657accb1550cd0e2dd3dc7edcf (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Ethics Sp08.pdf: 52633 bytes, checksum: d6fabf59954139cac10c86e6f9b621f8 (MD5) Developing a Computer Science Text with Practical Open-Ended Problems IPRO 328 Brochure Sp08.pdf: 4127413 bytes, checksum: 9c9bed3f356ef85a5bb6affecf2a1be4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-05 Deliverables 2008 2008-05 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/1786 en David Grossman Yacin Nadji Project deliverable born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Open Access IPRO / Interprofessional Projects Program Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department