On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:50 PM, David MacQuigg
macqu...@ece.arizona.eduwrote:
Litvin wrote:
AP is driven by colleges. The AP exam used to be in C++ until 2003. The
current exam has heavy emphasis on OOP. It took a tremendous effort to
retrain HS teachers from C++ to Java/OOP... If the
At 11:50 PM 1/25/2010, David MacQuigg wrote:
Why does the AP test have to be offered in just one language? Why
do we need to make a tremendous effort to move teachers from one
language to another? Couldn't every school-district make it's own
choice of language? Do colleges really expect
Litvin wrote:
What might this new exam be like? CS with no programming and no
math? We'll see. My guess is, if it eventually comes about, it will
be a no-specific-programming-language exam, which will simply replace
the current AP CS exam in Java. I believe two AP CS exams will be
At 09:36 AM 1/25/2010, David MacQuigg wrote:
I can't imagine teaching or testing CS without an actual
language. A much better alternative would be to have the same test
in multiple languages (perhaps with a handicap factor for the
students choosing Python, so they don't have an embarrassing
Gary,
Interesting site, ACSL.
Curious, there is no mention of specific languages or freedom of language
the I find quickly on their site. The only hint is the list of languages
given where solutions are given, Is that the actual list of restrictions?
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Litvin
Litvin wrote:
At 09:36 AM 1/25/2010, David MacQuigg wrote:
I can't imagine teaching or testing CS without an actual language. A
much better alternative would be to have the same test in multiple
languages (perhaps with a handicap factor for the students choosing
Python, so they don't have an
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Litvin lit...@skylit.com wrote:
Me too -- by a factor of two. At least. So what? First language
discussions flare up regularly on the ap-compsci listserve. In this forum,
Python would win, of course. :) I am all for Python, but I don't believe in
the
Litvin wrote:
AP is driven by colleges. The AP exam used to be in C++ until 2003.
The current exam has heavy emphasis on OOP. It took a tremendous
effort to retrain HS teachers from C++ to Java/OOP... If the college
board decided that Python is used at most colleges in intro CS
courses,
At 04:12 AM 1/24/2010, kirby urner wrote:
Some of us have been hoping to interest local community colleges in
serving as venues for these teacher training programs that in some
cases equip math teachers already in the field with some of these
new skills. The idea, as I've posted about
