Abstract: We provide a formal agenda for teaching the object-oriented paradigm in a programming language independent manner, and a tool which supports our teaching approach. Our proposal for a comprehensive study of the subject includes an ordered set of objectives designed to guide the uninitiated user from zero knowledge about object-oriented programming through class definitions, inheritance, subtyping, and the parameterization of classes. This set of graded objectives provides both a useful metric for gauging a student's progress, and a facility through which users can begin their studies at a level commensurate with their experience.
Seven years later, the material appeared in the first book on adaptive programming.
Bibtex entry:
@INPROCEEDINGS{stepping-stones:teach,
TITLE = "Contributions to Teaching Object-Oriented Design and
Programming",
AUTHOR = "Karl J. Lieberherr and Arthur J. Riel",
YEAR = 1989,
PAGES = "11-22",
BOOKTITLE = oopsla,
MONTH = "October"
}