On 09/04/13 04:20, Len Conrad wrote:
Computer scientists develop video game that teaches how to program in
Java*
http://phys.org/news/2013-04-scientists-video-game-java.html
As an engineer I used to be embarrassed that people called it software
engineering. Now they are calling this computer *science*.... oh dear...
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CodeSpells was influenced by research that Esper and Foster conducted on
how successful programmers learn their trade. They surveyed 30 computer
scientists and identified five characteristics that are key to learn
programming outside a classroom setting: activities must be structured
by the person who is trying to learn; learning must be creative and
exploratory; programming is empowering; learners have difficulty
stopping once they start; and learners spend countless hours on the
activity.
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Since when did 30 become a representative sample size?
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Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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