[Tutor] FYI: An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python

[Alan Gauld]

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/