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

• Published in: Information 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
• Language: English
• Published: Information Systems and Computing Academic Professionals 01.08.2012
• Subjects: Check Lists; College Programs; Computer Science Education; Educational Practices; Incidence; Information Systems; Introductory Courses; Programming Languages; Qualitative Research; Teacher Surveys; Trend Analysis; Michigan

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...