Ok... a quick explanation of this email. One of my friends who lurks on this list emailed this response to me, saying that she doesn't really feel comfortable posting on this list yet, but she wanted to say this, and doesn't mind if i passed it on... so, these are not my thoughts (although agree heartily)... ~Erin
> Since we already know how to program, I don't see why it is bad > to have templates for labs, since at this point we need to focus on > learning the concepts or the technologies that are being taught instead > of syntax of a new language. Chris is probably at a pretty high level in his CS classes, and I have only completed 235. But, we started using more templates in that class than had been used previously, and I know that I don't feel like I learned as much as I could have, if I had been forced to do it from scratch. One of the problems is though, and it is a cycle, that by the time I realized I was missing out, I was already so far behind, that it was taking all of my nights and weekends just to do what was required. The due dates for the programs were set with the idea that people would use the template. If it was intended for the students to write the whole program, I am sure that the due dates for the projects would have to be adjusted at least a little bit. ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
