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Text is scary. They had the same barrier transition from picture books to books without pictures. It takes kindergarten where the set up of school give them the
by hzhou321 9y ago
Text is scary. They had the same barrier transition from picture books to books without pictures. It takes kindergarten where the set up of school give them the perception that they had no choice but to embrace the initial difficulty opened the door of wonder for them.
I don't see much difference teaching them programming with a real programming language. They have to be forced to embrace it first.
- kbsletten 9y agoWell, to be fair programming is (currently, at least) an optional skill competing with soccer, guitar, and video games for mind space. Reading is the lowest bar for practically everything in modern life so there's more tolerance for sub-optimal teaching since we all are willing to hold feet to fire. Until coding is as ubiquitous as reading, we're going to have to do better.