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em Where do I begin? A problem solving approach to teaching functional programming

Simon Thompson

In Krzysztof Apt, Pieter Hartel, and Paul Klint, editors, First International Conference on Declarative Programming Languages in Education. Springer-Verlag, September 1997.

Abstract

This paper introduces a problem solving method for teaching functional programming, based on Polya's `How To Solve It', an introductory investigation of mathematical method. We first present the language independent version, and then show in particular how it applies to the development of programs in Haskell. The method is illustrated by a sequence of examples and a larger case study.

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Bibtex Record

@inproceedings{208,
author = {Simon Thompson},
title = {{em Where do I begin?} {A} problem solving approach to teaching functional programming},
month = {September},
year = {1997},
pages = {},
keywords = {functional programming Haskell palindrome Polya problem solving},
note = {},
doi = {},
url = {http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/pubs/1997/208},
    booktitle = {First International Conference on Declarative Programming Languages in Education},
    editor = {Krzysztof Apt and Pieter Hartel and Paul Klint},
    publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
    refereed = {yes},
}

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