On Sat, 04 Oct 2014 11:09:58 +1000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Seymore4Head >> <Seymore4Head@hotmail.invalid> wrote: > >>> for i in range(1,10): >>> print (str(i)*i) >> >> Seymour, please don't do this. When you "help" someone by just giving >> him the answer to a homework problem, you get him past his immediate >> issue of "I need to submit my homework for this problem". That lets him >> get through his course without understanding the code he's creating > [...] > > In fairness to Seymour, at this extremely basic level, it's really hard > to explain to somebody how to solve a problem without giving them the > answer. > > While I don't condone mindless parroting of work that others have done, > remember that for tens of thousands of years, being shown how to do > something, then imitating that, has been the most effective way for > people to learn. Dropping hints is typically the least effective > learning method.
I think Chris as demonstrated that you even at this basic level you can help without giving the answer, by asking a series of leading questions that result in the student providing the answer. -- One possible reason that things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan in the first place. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
