On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 1:28 AM, Allen Higgins <allen.higg...@ucd.ie> wrote: > Many students disengage at the first mention of language basics. > But they desperately want to make something themselves, generally a game. > Could I suggest you consider the goal (and thus the design) of the > introductory course to be more important than types, loops, conditionals > syntax etc.
yeah, i'd believe that a strong goal (with quick incremental happy feeling checkpoint demo milestones along the way) will be a good way for people to use their personal motivation to overcome whatever hurdles there might be. there will /always/ be hurdles, no matter what the development system. sincerely. -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).
