From: Patrick Burns > > John Maindonald wrote: > > > ... > > > >(4) When should students start learning R? > > > >[Students should get their first exposure to a high-level > programming > >language, in the style of R then Python or Octave, at age 11-14. > >There are now good alternatives to the former use of Fortran or > >Pascal, languages which have for good reason dropped out of favour > >for learning experience. They should start on R while their > minds are > >still malleable, and long before they need it for serious > research use.] > > > > > > I think 11-14 years old might better be halved. Kids are > playing very complicated video games barely after they > learn to walk.
My kids (7- and 5-year old) barely get an hour on video games a week, and I can see that they lag behind their peers at the games (though I don't feel sorry for that). I hope I won't be acused of `endangering welfare of children'... > R is a quite reasonable programming language for children. > You don't need to worry about low-level issues, and it is > easy to produce graphics with it. Any suggestion on how to go about getting kids that young on (R) programming? Cheers, Andy > Patrick Burns > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +44 (0)20 8525 0696 > http://www.burns-stat.com > (home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User") > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html