On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Jurgis Pralgauskis <jurgis.pralgaus...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > currently more and more schools are trying Py, > so studens read tutorial docs from time to time... > and one of main programming (architecture) subjects starts with quite > a mathematical and unpractical example.. > > http://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#defining-functions > It's like teaching to pilot airplane, prior to bicycle and car :)
Depends who you are teaching. There is a fine line between dumbing down and just right... If it is in elementary schools, I agree that is too advanced. However, Fibonacci numbers were taught in junior high when i was in school. When is it introduced nowadays? I also use it all the time in workshops, tutorials or training, but the youngest I've taught (beside my children) were 15. It is perfect for me to introduce a module or a new concept to my audience. For example: http://raspberry-python.blogspot.com/2012/11/fibonacci.html http://raspberry-python.blogspot.com/2012/11/fibospeak.html http://raspberry-python.blogspot.com/2012/11/fibovisual.html I've even used it more recently to demo Brython, Python for your web browser: http://raspberry-python.blogspot.com/2012/12/brython-browser-python.html Francois -- www.pyptug.org - raspberry-python.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
