Re: [Edu-sig] Another loop around

Arthur: For the largest majority of students - it seems clear to me - asking them to learn to program, in Python or any other language for that matter, would be the single *hardest* thing they have been asked to do in their academic careers. Remember our little distinction between learning

Re: [Edu-sig] Another loop around

Kirby Urner wrote: Arthur: For the largest majority of students - it seems clear to me - asking them to learn to program, in Python or any other language for that matter, would be the single *hardest* thing they have been asked to do in their academic careers. You (Arthur) should read

[Edu-sig] A case against GUIs in intro CS :-)

-Original Message- Behalf Of Bob Noonan The one place where Python is clearly deficient IMHO is in GUI programming. While this might be true, I do not feel it is a problem. The problem is that GUI programming is given significant coverage in most mainstream introductory CS textbooks.

Re: [Edu-sig] A case against GUIs in intro CS :-)

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Radenski, Atanas Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 9:43 PM To: Bob Noonan; edu-sig@python.org Subject: [Edu-sig] A case against GUIs in intro CS :-) -Original Message- Behalf Of Bob Noonan

Re: [Edu-sig] A case against GUIs in intro CS :-)

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arthur -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Radenski, Atanas -Original Message- Behalf Of Bob Noonan The one place where