Re: Computer programmers vs bilinguals: shared cognitive benefits?

2012-01-07 Thread Alberto Sampaio
Hi, Possibly these are of interest: 1) de Castro, Christopher H., Assessing the Impact of Computer Programming in Understanding Limits and Derivatives in a Secondary Mathematics Classroom (2011). Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Dissertations. Paper 79.

Re: Call for advice, and possible case study?

2011-06-13 Thread Alberto Sampaio
I appreciate that comparison and I agree in general. But it would also depends on the informatics program goals. That is, if it is more computing science, more engineering, more IS, and so on. Possibly, it is because of such a lack of agreement about an alternative first language that Java is