Re: [Edu-sig] 9. Best approach to teaching OOP and graphics

2005-03-23 Thread Lloyd Hugh Allen
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:59:26 +1100 (EST), Darren Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pair programming is fine and works best when both are of equal ability. I would encourage you to avoid putting a stronger / more able person with a weaker / less able person - the stronger one will get very little

Re: [Edu-sig] 9. Best approach to teaching OOP and graphics

2005-03-23 Thread Linda Grandell
How to assign the pairs has also been a question on my mind, so I am very glad this came up. Pair programming is fine and works best when both are of equal ability. ... * students with the top two grades are partners, next two, next two, and so on * Highest grade gets to pick partner from the

Re: [Edu-sig] 9. Best approach to teaching OOP and graphics

2005-03-23 Thread Lloyd Hugh Allen
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:02:15 +0200, Linda Grandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if letting the students pair up for themselves could work? That would more or less be a variant of the second alternative above. Or does this introduce the risk of weaker students pairing up with strong

Re: [Edu-sig] 9. Best approach to teaching OOP and graphics

2005-03-23 Thread John Zelle
Lloyd Hugh Allen wrote: On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:02:15 +0200, Linda Grandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if letting the students pair up for themselves could work? That would more or less be a variant of the second alternative above. Or does this introduce the risk of weaker students pairing

[Edu-sig] 9. Best approach to teaching OOP and graphics

2005-03-22 Thread Darren Payne
9. Best approach to teaching OOP and graphics (Linda Grandell) I too taught Java and Python to 2 separate classes 2 years ago. Funny, the more Java I taught the less I liked it ... but then you get over it and just put up with Java's ways, plus loads of ppl have coded modules to get around