How Computers Work: Computational Thinking for Everyone

What would you teach if you had only one course to help students grasp the essence of computation and perhaps inspire a few of them to make computing a subject of further study? Assume they have the standard college prep background. This would include basic algebra, but not necessarily more advanced...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rex Page, Ruben Gamboa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Publishing Association 2013-01-01
Series:Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
Online Access:http://arxiv.org/pdf/1301.5074v1