The ACM SIGPLAN has put forth a proposal calling for all computing programs
that follow ACM/IEEE standards to require functional programming:
http://wiki.acm.org/cs2001/index.php?title=SIGPLAN_Proposal
In support of that proposal, a claim is made in the comments on the current
draft of the CS c
On 11/27/09 7:35 AM, "Lindsay Marshall"
wrote:
>> Clearly programming _isn't_ intuitive for most people, but
>> people who are _now_ programmers often feel strongly that it is.
>> Why? Is there something we can use to reduce the CS1 failure rate?
>
> You reduce the failure rate by not letting in
Lindsay meant to "reply-all" to this, but only replied to me. I offered to
respond back to the list (with his message below), and he agreed.
I agree with Lindsay that most people don't want to program. There are reasons
for a universal level of (real) computing literacy, such as those described
Also relevant to this discussion is Richard Gabriel's proposal for a Masters of
Fine Arts in Software:
http://www.dreamsongs.com/MFASoftware.html
On 3/23/10 1:13 PM, "Neil" wrote:
It strikes me that perhaps we emphasize the role of creativity too
much in the arts. How much of what we term cre
Yasmin Kafai explored the issue you're describing, Alex, in her dissertation:
http://www.amazon.com/Minds-Play-Computer-Childrens-Learning/dp/0805815139/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269897242&sr=1-4
Yasmin saw students exhibiting both bricoleur and planner characteristics,
and tried to come
The right URL for my blog is http://computinged.wordpress.com
While I've never been to PPIG, I'm a regular reader and hope to attend one day.
Perhaps consider me a PPIG-wannabe. :-)
Mark
On Jan 7, 2011, at 9:00 AM, Derek M Jones wrote:
> Roman,
>
>> some initial list is here:
>> http://ppig.
Sherry Turkle's new book "Alone Together" raises an important point that is
missing from this discussion. Programming languages can't saying anything
*important* from a human perspective. I enjoyed the review of "Alone Together"
at
http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Public-and-Private/Alon
Stasha, your paper is unclear (at least to me) what assessment you were using.
You describe the rubric:
The use of loops, conditional, etc. to achieve the given task was part of the
marking criteria. For example, a grade A requires the correct use of
conditional and the correct use of loops and
Be sure to see this recent ACM TOCHI paper:
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1592440.1592442&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=11627642&CFTOKEN=32408758
Can direct manipulation lower the barriers to computer programming and promote
transfer of training?: An experimental study
By Hundhausen, Farley, an
> Yes, it's probably the best you can do. I think the worst threat to
> generalisability is probably the risk of 'experimenter effect', where the
> students do better in the group that you want to do better. I don't know how
> to minimise that risk. If Sally Fincher or
That's a great question--really does sound fascinating, Stefano! I'm eager to
hear about your results!
My best recommendation is to take a few subjects and watch them use MiniC then
traditional C. A good think-aloud protocol may give you a lot of insight into
what's going on, e.g., when faced
Our Media Computation approach was explicitly design to address this issue - we
use it to teach our required course for Liberal Arts, Architecture, and
Business students. Our papers on the approach can be found at
http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/mediaComp-teach/12
We have written an ICER paper abou
with students in a similar situation as well as
senior researchers in the field. We welcome submissions from students at any
stage of their doctoral studies.
Sally Fincher, University of Kent at Canterbury
Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology
Contact us at: icerdc2...@gmail.com
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