[Edu-sig] Re: Computer-Adaptive Test of Python

2005-03-03 Thread Scott David Daniels
damon bryant wrote: ... experiment[ing] with the concept of an online computer-adaptive test, ... Take a look at research done in the 1970s at the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences (a Stanford University research institute). They did a lot of strong work on keeping the stu

RE: [Edu-sig] Looking for a comprehensive Python andTkinterdocumentation (like the Java documentation)

2005-03-03 Thread Kirby Urner
> C:\Python24>python -m pydoc -p 3999 > pydoc server ready at http://localhost:3999/ > (Using the nice new -m flag to run a module from the command line.) > Just a thought - do you still have Python23 in your PATH? It looks like > you might be trying to run the 2.4 version of pydoc using the 2.3

[Edu-sig] Computer-Adaptive Test of Python

2005-03-03 Thread damon bryant
Is anyone interested in making a computer-adaptive test of the Python programming language for use in education?   I have conducted research at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton (New Jersey, USA) on computer-adaptive testing. Being totally new to programming, I was able to learn the lang

Re: [Edu-sig] Looking for a comprehensive Python and Tkinterdocumentation (like the Java documentation)

2005-03-03 Thread David Handy
On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 08:08:12AM -0800, Kirby Urner wrote: > You can run pydoc as a server and hit it with your browser: > > """ > Run "pydoc -p " to start an HTTP server on a given port on the > local machine to generate documentation web pages. > """ > > However, I'm having trouble getting th

RE: [Edu-sig] Looking for a comprehensive Python and Tkinterdocumentation (like the Java documentation)

2005-03-03 Thread Kirby Urner
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Florian Reichl > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 9:16 AM > To: David Handy; Edu-sig@python.org > Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Looking for a comprehensive Python and > Tkinterdocumentation (like the Java docu