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Context: they're working on something aimed at children no older than 8.
by mjw1007 9y ago
Context: they're working on something aimed at children no older than 8.
- 0xbear 9y agoWhy do children under 8 need to know how to code? They don't even have simple things like cause and effect established in their brain until they're about 11. I.e. "if it's raining outside I should wear a rain coat or I'll get wet". Nor do they have much logical reasoning capability. That's also why they don't get sarcasm. Edit: paper on pre-adolescent and adolescent brain development, especially as it relates to cause and effect and abstract reasoning: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929314000516 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929314...
- jkaunisv1 9y agoYou have a really weird idea of what an 11 year old is capable of.
- DanBC 9y agoPrefrontal cortex is still developing in 11 year olds which means they're not great at understanding consequences of actions or making complex future plans.
- vidarh 9y agoBut most of them are certainly capable of making the evaluation used as an example above.
- xigency 9y agoNot to be the "prodigy" kid, but I began game programming at 10 years old because I wanted to know how games worked. I tried to buy a Visual Basic 5 book from Borders before my parents gave me "Beginning Programming for Dummies" instead. Not sure why these people don't believe that Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts can't tell the weather.
- 0xbear 9y agoAre sure it's me and not you? I have a 13 year old kid, and he still can't figure out that if he doesn't turn in his homework on time his grades will suck. :-)
- xigency 9y agoMy son is two years old and he knows he needs to wear shoes to go outside. I think you're a little off the mark.