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Re: revolts against Scheme, etc.

To: Mark Guzdial <guzdial@cc.gatech.edu>
Subject: Re: revolts against Scheme, etc.
From: Reini Urban <rurban@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 18:26:59 +0200
CC: plt-scheme@fast.cs.utah.edu
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References: <200101231440.JAA03519@bosch.cs.brown.edu> <3A6DB13E.DC7D004C@info.unicaen.fr> <v0421015ab694e5b6bcf6@[130.207.3.227]>
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Thanks for this phantastic link!
I hope it will improve my teaching. 

The recommendations are not girl centric at all to me, rather a general
comment 
about teaching informatics to non-techies.

Mark Guzdial schrieb:
> The recent report by the American Association of University Women
> echoes Jerzy's comments (http://www.aauw.org/2000/techsavvy.html).
> It suggests not that languages are an issue, but that how we present
> programming to the students is an issue -- what we ask them to do,
> how we present programming, and what we tell them programming is for
> all influence how students perceive programming.  AAUW suggests that
> we're not doing that well now.
-- 
Reini Urban
http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/autocad/news/faq/autolisp.html

References:
- book
  - From: Shriram Krishnamurthi <sk@cs.brown.edu>
- Re: revolts against Scheme, etc.
  - From: Jerzy Karczmarczuk <karczma@info.unicaen.fr>
- Re: revolts against Scheme, etc.
  - From: Mark Guzdial <guzdial@cc.gatech.edu>

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