Re: Most Popular Introductory Programming Language

2014-12-03 Thread Lindsay Marshall
>Python is popular with UK school kids (starting at primary).

Well, it’s popular with teachers….. (It’s what we teach on our CPD courses
for teachers)

L.




Re: Most Popular Introductory Programming Language

2014-12-03 Thread Huw Lloyd
Python is popular with UK school kids (starting at primary).

Huw

On 3 December 2014 at 10:21, Enda Dunican  wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am interested in papers/articles/data from all over the world, not just
> the US. I should have made this point explicit in my original request.
>
> Regards,
>
> Enda
>
> Dr. Enda Dunican
> Lecturer in Computing,
> Dept. of Computing and Networking,
> Institute of Technology Carlow,
> Kilkenny Road,
> Carlow,
> Ireland.
> Tel :  353-(0)59-9175525
> Email:  enda.duni...@itcarlow.ie
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Enda Dunican
> Sent: 02 December 2014 23:55
> To: ppig-discuss-list@open.ac.uk
> Subject: Most Popular Introductory Programming Language
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I have recently stumbled across the following article on the ACM blogs:
>
>
> http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/176450-python-is-now-the-most-popular-introductory-teaching-language-at-top-us-universities/fulltext
>
> I was wondering if any of you have links to recent articles/studies/data
> that relate to the most popular first year programming language used
> outside of the 'top' US universities (as discussed in the aforementioned
> article). I am not interested in resurrecting the debate about which
> language is most suitable for introductory programming. Thank you in
> advance for your help.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Enda
>
> Dr. Enda Dunican
> Lecturer in Computing,
> Dept. of Computing and Networking,
> Institute of Technology Carlow,
> Kilkenny Road,
> Carlow,
> Ireland.
> Tel:  353-(0)59-9175525
> Email:  enda.duni...@itcarlow.ie
>
>
>


RE: Most Popular Introductory Programming Language

2014-12-03 Thread Enda Dunican
Dear Colleagues,

I am interested in papers/articles/data from all over the world, not just the 
US. I should have made this point explicit in my original request.

Regards,

Enda

Dr. Enda Dunican
Lecturer in Computing,
Dept. of Computing and Networking,
Institute of Technology Carlow,
Kilkenny Road,
Carlow,
Ireland.
Tel :  353-(0)59-9175525
Email:  enda.duni...@itcarlow.ie

-Original Message-
From: Enda Dunican 
Sent: 02 December 2014 23:55
To: ppig-discuss-list@open.ac.uk
Subject: Most Popular Introductory Programming Language

Dear Colleagues,

I have recently stumbled across the following article on the ACM blogs:

http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/176450-python-is-now-the-most-popular-introductory-teaching-language-at-top-us-universities/fulltext

I was wondering if any of you have links to recent articles/studies/data that 
relate to the most popular first year programming language used outside of the 
'top' US universities (as discussed in the aforementioned article). I am not 
interested in resurrecting the debate about which language is most suitable for 
introductory programming. Thank you in advance for your help. 

Best Regards,

Enda

Dr. Enda Dunican
Lecturer in Computing,
Dept. of Computing and Networking,
Institute of Technology Carlow,
Kilkenny Road,
Carlow,
Ireland.
Tel:  353-(0)59-9175525
Email:  enda.duni...@itcarlow.ie