On May 11, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Vern Ceder wrote: > I also teach Python in that age range and I've seen the same > confusion, so I know what you mean. OTOH, I wonder if it's worth a > change in the language to delay facing the fact that code is not > algebra. > > It's always seemed to me that once they get the idea that code > doesn't necessarily follow the rules of algebra (which it doesn't > in many ways) the symbol isn't such a big deal.
You have a good argument. I suppose since they'll need to differentiate algebra and Python soon enough, and it's just another little thing they'll have to remember. -Winston ______________________________________________________ winston wolff - (646) 827-2242 - http://www.stratolab.com learning by creating - video game courses for kids in new york _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
