Whatever Happened to Richard Reid's List of First Programming Languages?

Throughout the 1990s, Richard Reid of Michigan State University maintained a list showing the first programming language used in introductory programming courses taken by computer science and information systems majors; it was updated for several years afterwards by Frances Van Scoy of West Virginia...

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Published inInformation systems education journal Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 24 - 30
Main Authors Siegfried, Robert M, Greco, Daniel M, Miceli, Nicholas G, Siegfried, Jason P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Information Systems and Computing Academic Professionals 01.08.2012
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College Programs
Computer Science Education
Educational Practices
Incidence
Information Systems
Introductory Courses
Programming Languages
Qualitative Research
Teacher Surveys
Trend Analysis
Michigan
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Summary:Throughout the 1990s, Richard Reid of Michigan State University maintained a list showing the first programming language used in introductory programming courses taken by computer science and information systems majors; it was updated for several years afterwards by Frances Van Scoy of West Virginia University. However, it has been 5 years since the last Reid List was released. An updated list was compiled revealing the most popular programming languages. The resultant correspondence with faculty members at many of the 410 Reid List colleges and universities indicates several trends, some of which are contradictory, as well as the reasons for the language choices of the participating schools. We present several conclusions from our findings.
ISSN:1545-679X
1545-679X