Comments on: The double hump of programming classes http://p.einarsen.no/the-double-hump-of-programming-classes/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:47:06 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: eogas http://p.einarsen.no/the-double-hump-of-programming-classes/comment-page-1/#comment-888 eogas Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:07:44 +0000 http://p.einarsen.no/?p=132#comment-888 OOP is normally the main focus of these intro classes, and I've always experienced it as something that some people understand naturally whereas others, for one reason or another, just can't seem to grasp the concept. And I think the 'weeding out' theory is absolutely correct. These intro classes are designed to reward those who understand the basic principles of programming and get rid of those who don't. I actually didn't take the intro CS course at my University (I tested out, wink, sparkle sparkle), but I have heard only that it is really hard and that it is really easy. The people who said it was hard were from non-CS majors or really shouldn't have been in CS. The people who were actually interested in the topic, the people who program for a hobby, thought it was the easiest class ever. OOP is normally the main focus of these intro classes, and I’ve always experienced it as something that some people understand naturally whereas others, for one reason or another, just can’t seem to grasp the concept. And I think the ‘weeding out’ theory is absolutely correct. These intro classes are designed to reward those who understand the basic principles of programming and get rid of those who don’t. I actually didn’t take the intro CS course at my University (I tested out, wink, sparkle sparkle), but I have heard only that it is really hard and that it is really easy. The people who said it was hard were from non-CS majors or really shouldn’t have been in CS. The people who were actually interested in the topic, the people who program for a hobby, thought it was the easiest class ever.

]]> By: admin http://p.einarsen.no/the-double-hump-of-programming-classes/comment-page-1/#comment-851 admin Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:32:27 +0000 http://p.einarsen.no/?p=132#comment-851 Thanks! I'm not sure I agree that the summary is better, but I didn't see "The Camel has Two Humps" paper before now, even if Mik linked it. Although the conclusions seem controversial, the initial literature review is very excellent! (http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/research/PhDArea/saeed/paper1.pdf) Thanks! I’m not sure I agree that the summary is better, but I didn’t see “The Camel has Two Humps” paper before now, even if Mik linked it. Although the conclusions seem controversial, the initial literature review is very excellent!

(http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/research/PhDArea/saeed/paper1.pdf)

]]> By: Zbigniew Lukasiak http://p.einarsen.no/the-double-hump-of-programming-classes/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Zbigniew Lukasiak Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:35:23 +0000 http://p.einarsen.no/?p=132#comment-850 A better summary of the paper cited there is at: http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1624 A better summary of the paper cited there is at: http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1624

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