A top-down curriculum focuses on accomplishments
{"Image DocumentName": "A top-down curriculum focuses on accomplishments", "Image ImageDescription": "The top-down curriculum addresses the interests and motivations of a different class of students from those that computer science usually attracts. It satisfies these students\u2019 need for an immediate sense of accomplishment by using powerful tools first. It offers a stronger motivation for continued study than a mere breadth-first introduction because the student is immediately empowered but can be challenged to gain greater control and refinement. The top-down curriculum can be real-problem motivated and can teach tool use where the tool exists to solve the problem. Only when the tool is inadequate does the student\u2019s frustration generate the concern for WHY? HOW DOES THIS TOOL WORK? WHAT CAN BE DONE TO IMPROVE IT? In domains where tools are good, students will become very proficient in applying the tool.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}