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Schools Using Scheme
A compilation of colleges, universities, and secondary schools which use Scheme in their curricula. Compiled and maintained by Ed Martin of Schemers, Inc.

An Introduction to Scheme
By Shriram Krishnamurthi. Introduction, history, code samples. Published in student magazine of Association for Computing Machinery, which has published several articles on varied languages, including Scheme. [ACM Crossroads]

Indiana University Educational Infrastructure Project
Developing software and courseware to support the use of Scheme in undergraduate education.

An Introduction to Scheme
A paper by Daniel P. Friedman (1994) which provides a good introduction to Scheme programming. Presented at the First International Forum on Computer Programming in Education, ITESM, Mexico.

Scheme in Education
A meta-resource maintained by Shriram Krishnamurthi for people interested in Scheme as a tool in education.

Fundamentals of Computer Science I
Materials (lab assignments, homework exercises, exams, and projects) for an introductory course in Computer Science taught in Scheme at Grinnell College. The primary Scheme system used is Chez Scheme, but SCM and DrScheme are also used, along with XEmacs for editing.

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Web Site
SICP is a very well known text teaching the conceptual basis of programming. The full text is available on the web site.

Tutorial Introduction to Guile
A short tutorial on using Guile and integrating it with a sample turtle graphics X Window program.

A Page About call/cc
Good introduction, explains call-with-current-continuation function and how it works. Compares to exceptions in languages Java, C++, C's setjmp() and longjmp(), problems of lexical versus dynamic scoping with continuations. Very informative, more so for intermediate Scheme programmer trying to understand language's heart.

Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days
An online Scheme tutorial by Dorai Sitaram.


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