The skills hierarchy and curriculum
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Authors
Machanick, P
Issue Date
1998
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en
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Abstract
A commonly accepted hierarchy of cognitive skills puts analysis and synthesis near the top, with straightforward knowledge and comprehension at the bottom. A typical Computer
Science curriculum, though, usually starts with programming, an activity that requires both
analysis and synthesis. The student, without the right conceptual skills, attempts synthesis
without analysis, resulting in poor programming skills. This paper presents a view of
Computer Science curriculum, drawing on earlier work on abstraction-first learning
[Machanick 1998], to propose a curriculum which starts from lower-order cognitive skills,
while working up to higher-order skills in later years.
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Machanick, P. (1998) The skills hierarchy and curriculum. Proceedings of the annual research and development symposium, SAICSIT (South African Institute for Computer Scientists and Information Technologists), Van Riebeeck Hotel, Gordons Bay, Cape Town, 23-24 November 1998,