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MindTap for Lambert's Fundamentals of Python: First Programs, 2 terms Instant Access, 2nd Edition

Kenneth A. Lambert

  • Copyright 2019
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MindTap Computing for Lambert's Fundamentals of Python: First Programs is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery. It gives you complete control of your course\u2014to provide engaging content, to challenge every individual, and to build their confidence. Empower students to accelerate their progress with MindTap. MindTap: Powered by You.\n\nMindTap gives you complete ownership of your content and learning experience. Customize the interactive syllabi, emphasize the most important topics, and add your own material or notes in the eBook.\n\n\tMindTap Computing for Lambert's Fundamentals of Python: First Programs is the digital learning solution that helps instructors engage and transform today\u2019s students into critical thinkers. Coding labs in each unit allow students the opportunity for hands-on coding practice with real-time feedback. Through paths of dynamic assignments and applications that you can personalize, real-time course analytics and an accessible reader, MindTap helps you turn cookie cutter into cutting edge, apathy into engagement, and memorizers into higher-level thinkers. Pre- and post-assessment quizzes help students gain a sense of how much they have learned throughout the course. Visualize videos are woven into the course and help teach core concepts with detailed animations and narrated audio. In the News activities feature blogs, podcasts, and news sources so students can stay current with the latest news in programming. \tThe Study section in each unit lets students review key concepts with PowerPoint slides and interactive flashcards. Students are also given ample opportunity throughout the course to apply what they have learned in each unit with various quizzes and practice activities.

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Kenneth A. Lambert

Kenneth A. Lambert is Professor of Computer Science and Head of the Department at Washington and Lee University. He has taught programming language design for 25 years and has been an active researcher in computer science education. Lambert has co-authored a series of introductory C++ textbooks with Douglas Nance and Thomas Naps and a series of introductory Java textbooks with Martin Osborne, and is the author of an introductory Python textbook. He is also the co-creator of the BreezySwing framework and is the creator of the breezypythongui framework.

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1. Introduction.
2. Data Types and Expressions.
3. Control Statements.
4. Strings and Text Files.
5. Lists and Dictionaries.
6. Design with Functions.
7. Simple Graphics and Image Processing.
8. Graphical User Interfaces.
9. Design with Classes.
10. Network Applications and Client/Server Programming.
11. Searching, Sorting, and Complexity.
Appendices.
Glossary.
Index.

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MindTap Computer Science, 1 term (6 months) Instant Access for Lambert's Fundamentals of Python: First Programs

ISBN: 9781337560122
MindTap Computing for Lambert's Fundamentals of Python: First Programs is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery. It gives you complete control of your course\u2014to provide engaging content, to challenge every individual, and to build their confidence. Empower students to accelerate their progress with MindTap. MindTap: Powered by You.\n\nMindTap gives you complete ownership of your content and learning experience. Customize the interactive syllabi, emphasize the most important topics, and add your own material or notes in the eBook.\n\n\tMindTap Computing for Lambert's Fundamentals of Python: First Programs is the digital learning solution that helps instructors engage and transform today\u2019s students into critical thinkers. Coding labs in each unit allow students the opportunity for hands-on coding practice with real-time feedback. Through paths of dynamic assignments and applications that you can personalize, real-time course analytics and an accessible reader, MindTap helps you turn cookie cutter into cutting edge, apathy into engagement, and memorizers into higher-level thinkers. Pre- and post-assessment quizzes help students gain a sense of how much they have learned throughout the course. Visualize videos are woven into the course and help teach core concepts with detailed animations and narrated audio. In the News activities feature blogs, podcasts, and news sources so students can stay current with the latest news in programming. \tThe Study section in each unit lets students review key concepts with PowerPoint slides and interactive flashcards. Students are also given ample opportunity throughout the course to apply what they have learned in each unit with various quizzes and practice activities.

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MindTap Computer Science, 1 term (6 months) Instant Access for Lambert's Fundamentals of Python: First Programs

ISBN: 9781337560122
MindTap Computing for Lambert's Fundamentals of Python: First Programs is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery. It gives you complete control of your course\u2014to provide engaging content, to challenge every individual, and to build their confidence. Empower students to accelerate their progress with MindTap. MindTap: Powered by You.\n\nMindTap gives you complete ownership of your content and learning experience. Customize the interactive syllabi, emphasize the most important topics, and add your own material or notes in the eBook.\n\n\tMindTap Computing for Lambert's Fundamentals of Python: First Programs is the digital learning solution that helps instructors engage and transform today\u2019s students into critical thinkers. Coding labs in each unit allow students the opportunity for hands-on coding practice with real-time feedback. Through paths of dynamic assignments and applications that you can personalize, real-time course analytics and an accessible reader, MindTap helps you turn cookie cutter into cutting edge, apathy into engagement, and memorizers into higher-level thinkers. Pre- and post-assessment quizzes help students gain a sense of how much they have learned throughout the course. Visualize videos are woven into the course and help teach core concepts with detailed animations and narrated audio. In the News activities feature blogs, podcasts, and news sources so students can stay current with the latest news in programming. \tThe Study section in each unit lets students review key concepts with PowerPoint slides and interactive flashcards. Students are also given ample opportunity throughout the course to apply what they have learned in each unit with various quizzes and practice activities.