Computer Science

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Reed,  Balanced Introduction to Computer Science, A, 2/E

• A balanced introduction to computers—Integrates breadth-based and depth-based chapters; covers a broad range of topics balanced with programming depth.

  • Enables students from a variety of disciplines to know more about computers. Provides instructors with flexibility in teaching their course.

• Internet/Web as a central theme—Studies the history, technology, and current use of the Internet and World Wide Web.

  • Gives students the opportunity to use Web-based tools for visualizing concepts and teaches them to develop their own interactive Web pages (with HTML and JavaScript).

• Hands-on, tutorial style—Utilizes the programming language JavaScript as an easy tool for student experiments.

  • Provides students with numerous examples of working pages/programs, enabling them to learn by doing.

• Illustrations and Web-based tools—Illuminate key points and support active learning.

  • Enables students to interact with Web-based visualizations and learn through experience.

• Review questions—End each of the computer science breadth chapters.

  • Encourages students' reflection and helps them integrate the contents of that chapter.

• Incremental exercises—Provides exercises that build upon one another; eventually new programs for solving interesting and engaging problems are created.

  • Allows students to master programming concepts by first studying existing programs and then making modifications using new tools and constructs.

• “Common errors to avoid...”—Identifies and discusses common errors and points of confusion.

  • Provides students with an additional troubleshooting tool.

• “Designer secrets...”—Provides problem-solving and program design advice in special sections.

  • Highlights for students important programming information, spurring interest and raising confidence levels.

• Nine laboratory assignments—Corresponding to each programming depth chapter, this collection is available to supplement the text.

  • Emphasizes for students experimentation, analysis, and the use of programs to solve interdisciplinary problems.

Introduction and Overview.


 1. Computer Basics.


 2. HTML and Web Pages.


 3. The Internet and the World Wide Web.


 4. JavaScript and Dynamic Web Pages.


 5. JavaScript Numbers and Expressions.


 6. The History of Computers.


 7. Abstraction and User-Defined Functions.


 8. Algorithms and Programming Languages.


 9. Event-Driven Programming.


10. Computer Science as a Discipline.


11. Conditional Execution.


12. Data Representation.


13. Conditional Repetition.


14. Inside the Computer - The von Neumann Architecture.


15. JavaScript Strings.


16. Inside the Computer - Transistors and Integrated Circuits.


17. JavaScript Arrays.


18. Computers and Society.


Appendix A: HTML Reference.


Appendix B: JavaScript Reference.


Appendix C: Browser Basics.

Introduction to Computer Science (CS0)  (Computer Science)

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  Balanced Introduction to Computer Science, A, 2/E
  Reed
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 408 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136017223 | ISBN-13: 9780136017226
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  For Introduction to Computing and the Web courses in departments of Math and Computer Science.

  This thoughtfully written text uses the Internet as a central theme, studying its history, technology, and current use. Experimental problems use Web-based tools, enabling students to learn programming fundamentals by developing their own interactive Web pages with HTML and JavaScript. Integrating breadth-based and depth-based chapters, Reed covers a broad range of topics balanced with programming depth in a hands-on, tutorial style.

   

  Supplements Include:

  • Power Point Lecture Slides
  • Figures
  • Labs
  • Solutions

   

   Bridge Page: www.prenhall.com/reed

  Author Website: www.dave-reed.com/book

   

   

David Reed is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He received his M.S, and Ph.D. in computer science from Duke University. He has published extensively on topics such as apprentice-based learning. Web-based programming, and innovative instructional methods in introductory computer science. He is the principal investigator of an NSF grant involving the integration of experimentation and empirical reasoning in computer science, a member of the Liberal Arts Computer Science Consortium, and the Chief Reader for the Advanced Placement Computer Science exam since 2004.

A Balanced Introduction to Computer Science represents a unique and innovative approach to introductory computer science courses. In contrast with traditional texts that focus almost exclusively on either breadth (a survey of computing concepts) or depth (programming and problem solving), this text provides a balanced view of computing. Breadth chapters cover concepts and issues in computing that are most relevant to the beginning student, including computer terminology, the Internet and Web. algorithms and software. and technology's impact on society. Mixed among these topics are depth chapters that introduce fundamental programming concepts anti skills with hands-on tutorials. Using HTML and the programming language JavaScript. students develop problem-solving skills as they design and implement interactive Web pages.

• Breadth-based chapters focus on topics that are most relevant to a beginning student, and are written in an engaging, easy-to-read style.
• Illustrations, photographs; and Web-based Visualization tools are used extensively to illuminate key points.
• Each chapter ends with a Chapter Summary and Review Questions that encourage reflection and the integration of content from that chapter.

• Depth-based chapters are presented as hands-on tutorials, recognizing that the only way to learn programming and problem solving is to actually do it.
• Tutorial exercises follow an incremental approach allowing students to master programming concepts by first studying and modifying existing programs before designing and implementing new programs that solve interesting problems.
• Program design and debugging advice is provided in special sections called Designer Secrets and Common Errors to Avoid.
• Each chapter includes a Chapter Summary that identifies key concepts, and Supplemental Material and Exercises to facilitate further study.

Companion Website - Reed
Reed
©2004 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement; 0 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131413384 | ISBN-13: 9780131413382
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This online resource is available at no cost at http://www.dave-reed.com/book.

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Reed
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Companion Website - Reed
Reed
©2004 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement; 0 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131413384 | ISBN-13: 9780131413382
This online resource is available at no cost at http://www.dave-reed.com/book.

Companion Website - Reed
Reed
©2004 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement; 0 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131413384 | ISBN-13: 9780131413382
This online resource is available at no cost at http://www.dave-reed.com/book.

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  ©2005 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement; 400 pp | Instock
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