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Mon, 12 Oct 1992 16:09
Logic Programming as an Introductory Programming Paradigm
Author: Gopal Gupta
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 16:09
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 16:09
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Second Call for Participation Logic Programming as an Introductory Programming Paradigm Informal Birds-of-a-Feather Session Joint International Conference and Symposium on Logic Programming '92 Tuesday, Nov 10th, 1992 6:00PM -- 8:30PM Organizers: J. Reinfelds and G. Gupta This informal session is devoted to discussion on using the logic programming paradigm to teach programming to beginners. The emphasis is on teaching logic programming (rather than Prolog), and the aim is to induce beginners to learn ``declarative thinking." This approach can be contrasted with the functional programming approach that has been becoming increasingly popular recently. The discussion is open to all the participants in the conference who are invited to present their views on (but not limited to) the following issues: 1) Why is Logic Programming a more suitable paradigm for teaching programming to beginners? 2) Is there a need for using LP for this purpose, or is FP enough, or is some other approach better? 3) How to evaluate the success of such an enterprise? 4) Your experiences related to using LP to teach programming to beginners. Dissenting views are specially welcome. As part of the session we will relate our experience with using LP (and a closely co-ordinated sister course in discrete Math and Logic) to teach programming to Freshman students at New Mexico State. Others are welcome to relate their experiences too. Please note that the primary focus of the session will be on teaching logic programming to beginner programmers. Discussion related to teach- ing Logic Programming to people other than beginners is not encouraged. Please send email (to gupta@nmsu.edu or juris@nmsu.edu) if you are interested in participating. Please indicate in your email if you just want to attend the session or whether you intend to present a short position paper too. Those who have already expressed interest need not do so again. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gopal Gupta Department of Computer Science email: gupta@nmsu.edu Box 30001, Dept. 3CU gupta@compsci.bristol.ac.uk New Mexico State University Ph: +1 (505) 646 6236 Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001 Fax: +1 (505) 646 6218 USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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