Using Declarative Programming in an Introductory Computer Science Course for High School Students
Reyes, Maritza (University of Texas at Austin) | Perez, Cynthia (Texas Tech University) | Upchurch, Rocky (New Deal High School, Lubbock, Texas) | Yuen, Timothy (University of Texas at San Antonio) | Zhang, Yuanlin (Texas Tech University)
This paper discusses the design of an introductory computer science course for high school students using declarative programming. Though not often taught at the K-12 level, declarative programming is a viable paradigm for teaching computer science due to its importance in artificial intelligence and in helping student explore and understand problem spaces. This paper describes the authors' implementation of a declarative programming course for high school students during a 4-week summer session.
Apr-19-2016