Bjorn Reese wrote: > The students used longer titles, such as "count number of > occurrences" and "find if any element is of some sort", whereas the > professionals used short titles, such as "count" and "find". > > This could indicate that the looping constructs belong to the > basic-level category (Rosch, 1978) of the professionals but not > of the student.
Or it could mean that the students were in the habit of being overly verbose in answering questions, since terseness is generally not rewarded in exams, while it often is rewarded in business. -- Frank Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List (discuss@ppig.org) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
