Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mss.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!scgvaxd!mss!jpj From: jpj@mss.UUCP (J. P. Jenal) Newsgroups: net.college,net.cse Subject: Should Computer Science be taught at the High School level? Message-ID: <241@mss.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 01:48:01 EST Article-I.D.: mss.241 Posted: Fri Dec 14 01:48:01 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 17-Dec-84 02:35:44 EST Distribution: net Organization: Mayfield Senior School, Pasadena, Ca Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.college:519 net.cse:257 Greetings - Mayfield has been teaching Computer Science as an elective for three years with Advanced Placement Computer Science being offered for the first time this year. The present Introduction to Computer Science course is a fairly broad based introduction to the *science* of Computer Science and has a significant emphasis on structured programming using Pascal. We are now considering making a Computer course of some sort a *required*, 1 semester class. My question to the net readership is what should the content of a required course be? If you are a college educator, what information do you want incoming Freshmen to possess regarding computers? Not just students in CS but *all* of your incoming students. Do potential English majors really gain something by learning how to code Pascal? Or would they be better served learning word-processing and spread sheets? Thanks for your thoughts - I look forward to some stimulating discussions. Cheers... Jim Jenal (aka ...!scgvaxd!mss!jpj) Mayfield Senior School ( " ...!ihnp4!mss!jpj)