[Edu-sig] CP4E

[Daniel Ajoy]

I think you are talking about what in the Logo community
is called Powerful Ideas:

http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/~srudge/comp052/ideas.html

Daniel




On 10 Apr 2005 at 19:07, edu-sig-request at python.org wrote:

> I should add that I *do* believe there are some benefits to my students from
> focused work on programming:
> 	- I conjecture that the practice needed to get past the syntactic
> barriers (like the f.write() example above) involved in reading and writing
> code will carry over to their other classes, and that the computer's
> instantaneous feedback helps develop these skills.  There seems to be a
> requisite level of reading skills, though, below which the fun of making
> neat things happen doesn't outweigh the frustration of trying to figure out
> how to right it.  I'm not convinced that the time I spent on programming did
> anything but turn off the students below that level.
> 	- Learning about *design*, i.e., the skill of analyzing a problem
> statement and planning out its solution, can carry over to *any* class my
> students take.  I feel that math, science, and English teachers should
> already be working on this skill, too, and it's all too easily lost in
> the deluge of content expected to be taught.
> 	[...and other benefits with which the edu-sig reader will already be
> familiar:  making algebra seem more realistic, offering concrete ways to
> visualize what's happening, etc...]
>