Thanks to all, especially Jeremy.
still now I don't have time to read everything,
but problem is complex, I agree.
as those students seem nearly unable to understand math (so I guess
generally aren't used to problem solving).
and they are ususally quite unpatient..
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I'll
There are a number of papers on the topic of measuring programmer
aptitude. In general, I would strongly recommend looking through the
Psychology of Programming Interest Group (PPIG, http://www.ppig.org).
One paper in particular attracted a lot of attention about 4 years ago:
Testing
I think this is a really interesting topic. I've been teaching a
general here's how computers work class to all the 10th graders in my
school for about 6 years now. Like Jurgis, I find that about 30% of the
kids just don't get it. I'm just resigned to that, and my goal is to
have them not
Hello,
I think one of best ways to teach programming is with examples (of
course with a bit of theory explanation).
I'd like to test my students' general ability to undersnand examples.
Because I am confused, is it my fault or their laziness, or sth else,
that some of them (nearly 30%)
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Jurgis Pralgauskis
jurgis.pralgaus...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I think one of best ways to teach programming is with examples (of
course with a bit of theory explanation).
I'd like to test my students' general ability to undersnand examples.
Because I am
