[Edu-sig] Python as first language - yet another paper

[Radenski, Atanas]

For those of you who might be interested, I have posted a recent paper
on the use of Python as a first language. The paper is entitled:

"Python First": A Lab-Based Digital Introduction to Computer Science

http://www1.chapman.edu/~radenski/research/abstracts/python-iticse06.htm
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http://www1.chapman.edu/~radenski/research/papers/python-iticse06.pdf

I presented the above paper at ITiCSE 06, the Eleventh Annual Conference
on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Bologna,
Italy, 26-28 June, 2006. The Conference was sponsored by the ACM Special
Interest Group on Computer Science Education. 

Others have already published successful experiences with Python in
CS1-type courses. The original contribution of this work can be found in
"Python First", a comprehensive online study pack which includes
detailed self-guided lab assignments, among other useful resources. With
detailed self-guided labs, students are free to make various choices
that best suit their background and goals. 

The "Python First" pack is published at http://studypack.com.

Atanas Radenski      
mailto:radenski at chapman.edu      http://www.chapman.edu/~radenski/

There are wavelengths that people cannot see, there are sounds that
people cannot hear, and may be computers have thought that people cannot
think -- Richard Hamming