I can imagine this would be a really satisfying process & outcome for both you and the students. I'm interested in what the entry "requirements" were for the course. Did the students choose to do the course? Was this an extention course for students interested in maths/programming?
On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Henry Rich <henryhr...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > They started in mid-August. The top two students had done some > programming before (the one who did all the tacit code started the year > writing while. and if., so it was gratifying to see him cast that off). > > For the week before the exam, I gave them some preparatory problems, to > plot the CDF of a different distribution etc. But I never expected so > many to do so well. > > Henry Rich > > On 12/17/2011 5:52 PM, Björn Helgason wrote: >> It is interesting to know how long you had been teaching them. >> These assignments were not that easy to solve. >> >> 2011/12/17 Henry Rich<henryhr...@nc.rr.com> >> >>> Kids can learn J! >>> >>> I teach a highschool class in J, attended by 14 students. For my >>> midterm this year I set 16 problems. I posted the exam on the Web 24 >>> hours before it was due, with instructions that they could bring >>> handwritten notes to class, where they would type in their solutions >>> during the 2 hours of the exam. >>> >>> The median score was 7, with all but one student offering 5 correct >>> answers. One student got 12 problems right and made a tiny error on a >>> 13th. Amazingly, 2 students solved all 16. Astonishingly, one of those >>> students provided tacit solutions for 13 of his 16 correct answers >>> (tacit was awarded extra credit). >>> >>> The exam can be seen at >>> >>> >>> http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/faculty/hrich/Courses/PSE/psemidterm2011.ijs >>> >>> and my suggested solutions at >>> >>> >>> http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/faculty/hrich/Courses/PSE/psemidterm2011answers%20gffgh.ijs >>> >>> Readers of this space will note my use of the dice/toss thread. >>> >>> Henry Rich >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
