Hi Ben, Many thanks for spotting and reporting that typo - the numerator should indeed be (2A+B-D-2E). I've corrected this now in the paper's Git repository.
Cheers, Christian Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 16:27:59 +0100 > From: Ben Waugh <[email protected]> > To: "Gorman, Gerard J" <[email protected]> > Cc: Software Carpentry Discussion > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Discuss] teaching intro programming to undergrads > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed > > Hi Gerard, > > Many thanks for writing this. When planning our own changes it is > valuable to see what others in related fields have already tried and how > it worked. > > One typo I spotted on a quick first read: the formula in 2.1.2 should > presumably have (2A+B-D-2E) in the numerator rather than (2A+B-C-2D). > > Cheers > Ben > > On 21/05/15 05:50, Gorman, Gerard J wrote: > > Hi > > > > We finally got around to writing up our experiences with teaching > > introductory programming programming using python. Our interest is > > teaching students outside of cs where there is already a busy > > curriculum. It basically tracks 5 years experience from teaching using a > > traditional lecture style (which was a disaster) to a software carpentry > > style (which the students *love*). > > > > Recently there was some discussion on the list about teaching > > undergraduates and literature supporting choice for first programming > > languages etc. We have tried to provide sufficient coverage of the > > literature to support these choices - hopefully any of you making the > > case in your own faculty might find these references useful. > > > > The preprint is here: > > http://arxiv.org/abs/1505.05425 > > > > We have just submitted it for review and so will have another round of > > editing before final publication. Please let me know if you have any > > comments, criticisms suggests, citations missed etc. > > > > Regards > > Gerard > > > > > > This body part will be downloaded on demand. > > > > -- > Dr Ben Waugh Tel. +44 (0)20 7679 7223 > Computing and IT Manager Internal: 37223 > Dept of Physics and Astronomy > University College London > London WC1E 6BT > >
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