Sounds good to me, David. Good luck putting it over. Maybe after we get 10 million hits on PyWhip?<br><br>Andy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:36 AM, David MacQuigg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:macquigg@ece.arizona.edu">macquigg@ece.arizona.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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What might this new exam be like? CS with no programming and no math? We'll see. My guess is, if it eventually comes about, it will be a no-specific-programming-language exam, which will simply replace the current AP CS exam in Java. I believe two AP CS exams will be untenable.<br>
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I can't imagine teaching or testing CS without an actual language. A much better alternative would be to have the same test in multiple languages (perhaps with a "handicap" factor for the students choosing Python, so they don't have an embarrassing advantage :>). If you find a problem that is not easily translated to another language, that is a clue that the problem is about cruft, not fundamentals. I would volunteer to do the Java to Python translations.<br>
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