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Title: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Java by Samuel N. Kamin, M. Dennis Mickunas, Edward M. Reingold ISBN: 0-07-232305-1 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 11 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $96.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (12 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: If you're an instructor, please read this...
Comment: I'm an instructor at a small university and am teaching with the Kamin book. I have received several negative comments from my students about the quality of its instruction, and (now) tend to agree with them. Many of them have given up on Kamin and bought either the Deitel and Deitel book or the Lemay book in hopes to overcome the book's apparent lack of JAVA! instruction (and worry about the computer concepts later). This may seem the opposite approach of what the author took (computer science first, then JAVA!), but by doing this, students are less likely to become frustrated and will have some skills before tackling CS problems.
Students have said "the book is more confusing than enlightening", that the book "doesn't give enough examples" (when it does, the word 'wrong' is plastered behind them), and when they read the text they "feel like [they] have fallen off of a cliff". Others said things that should not be posted to a publicly readable web site.
If you intend to teach computer science using the JAVA! language (or any language), I recommend choosing a more user-friendly textbook that covers the language before the CS specifics. By doing this, I believe the students will be more capable of focusing on CS topics (by overcoming the syntax phobia - which most students worry about) and then naturally extending into more complex problems.
No flames, please..
Rating: 4
Summary: This is a reasonably good CS1 textbook.
Comment: Many textbooks that try to teach intro cs using Java get distracted by Java syntax and miss some important conceptual material. This book does a pretty good job of covering what I think is the core of an intro cs class. One of its strengths is a series of Debugging Alerts that warn students about the most common errors. I used Lewis and Loftus' book in a previous semester and thought this book was much more readable.
Rating: 4
Summary: CS
Comment: This books covers both first and second year
concepts in computer science, as well as a variety
of topics relevant to using Java. For an introduction
to Java with minimal computer science, consult Deitel
and Deitel. I would also recommend the book "Discrete
Mathematics" by Rosen, or a similar book, to be used
in conjunction with this text. If you learn using
this book or perhaps SICP by Abelson (used at MIT),
you will be much better off in the long run than using a
less rigorous approach.
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Title: Beginning Java 2-Jdk 1.3 Version by Ivor Horton ISBN: 1861003668 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: 30 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Tutorials in Introductory Physics by Lillian C. McDermott, Peter S. Shaffer ISBN: 0130653640 Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Mandatory Package: Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications by Kenneth H. Rosen ISBN: 0072930330 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 22 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $126.40 |
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Title: Biology (6th Edition) by Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece ISBN: 0805366245 Publisher: Pearson Higher Education Pub. Date: 11 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $126.00 |
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