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Recommended Citation: Zant, R F.  Fundamental Patterns for Logic Design.  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2003, v 20 (San Diego): §2112. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 1(19). ISSN: 1545-679X.)
 
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Fundamental Patterns for Logic Design

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Refereed7 pages
Robert F. Zant    [a1] [a2]
Illinois State University    [u1] [u2]
Normal, Illinois, USA    [c1] [c2]

Students new to information technology are often at a loss as to how to transform a problem statement into a program design. A number of different approaches have been proposed to provide students more guidance than is typically found in introductory texts. A new approach is presented that is based on two fundamental patterns in computing—the Input-Process-Output pattern and the Initialization-Loop-Termination pattern. An example application of the approach is presented.

Keywords: IS2002.5, program design, novice programmers, teaching programming, HIPO

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