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Why 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.
by 0xbear 9y ago
Why 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.