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From: gore@nucsrl.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: How to teach computers
Message-ID: <4000004@nucsrl.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 25-Jan-87 12:52:56 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 25 12:52:56 1987
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> / barber@rabbit1.UUCP (Steve Barber) /  9:32 am  Jan 23, 1987 /
> Garry Wiegand writes that the course he took in comparative programming
> languages was a positive experience, and I'm sure it was: for a CS major.
> The issue here is what to teach a "beginner", so that they learn what
> they "need" to learn.

As the poster of the message that started this discussion, I feel I should
clarify this.

I asked about teaching beginner Computer Science students, not about students
who just want to "learn computers" to use them in whatever their main field is.

Jacob Gore
Northwestern University, Computer Science Research Lab
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