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A less cynical tl;dr might be: students of all ages can discover that algebra can be a form of "moving math" that can be used to program their own video games.
by camperman 15y ago
A less cynical tl;dr might be: students of all ages can discover that algebra can be a form of "moving math" that can be used to program their own video games. Once they grasp this, they tend to find out lots of stuff on their own - for fun. This gives them a vast leg up when it comes to college.
I've used DrScheme to teach the poorest of poor kids this stuff and it works stupendously.
- Jach 15y agoOf course. I'll agree anything that gets kids to self-teach is good, as that's the real problem of education (in other words, no desire to learn for any reason), and this approach apparently has experimental backing from you and the paper. I just don't think this should replace standard CS, but rather be something separate; call it something like Elementary Programming, and probably encourage it more than standard CS.