Re: [Edu-sig] I've just started reading this paper

2005-12-05 Thread John Maxwell
That is, Re: Kelleher and Pausch's Lowering the Barriers to Programming, ACM Computing Surveys 37(2) Here's a comment off the top, and apart from the more obvious issue for the edu-sig group (namely, Python's near-complete absence): the taxonomy is completely ahistorical; they seem to have

Re: [Edu-sig] I've just started reading this paper

2005-12-02 Thread Kirby Urner
If anyone else wants to grab a copy and chat about it after reading, let me know. --Scott David Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] Downloading now... I anticipate having some comments. Kirby ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org

[Edu-sig] I've just started reading this paper

2005-12-01 Thread Scott David Daniels
I've just started reading this paper (wish it covered Python): Lowering the barriers to programming: A taxonomy of programming environments and languages for novice programmers ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) Volume 37 , Issue 2 (June 2005) Caitlin Kelleher, Randy Pausch