[Edu-sig] Re: The right learning environment

[Jeff Sandys]

Kirby said:
> DrScheme and Python both have shell environments and this is
> where to start with newbies IMO, engaging in simple
> calculator-style dialog in order to learn the grammar
> of the language (either one).
...
> DrScheme has rich on-line teaching resources.

Is this missing from Python UI (IDLE, PythonWin, PyCrust)?
Couldn't these User Interfaces have an addition window 
for a lesson or other resource to appear?

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Jason said:
> What's confusing to beginners? Here's my Python A-list ...

I agree that many of these path issues are hard to figure,
(I still can't get Piddle and PIL configured to work, 
if someone could only draw me a directory map...)

It is the one thing that scares me away from teaching Python 
(on another platform, no less) to younger students, is 
fumbling around trying to solve a path problem while the 
student is thinking, if the instructor can't solve it 
how am I going to learn this.

Thanks,
Jeff Sandys


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