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My C class had weekly written programming tests. Not multiple choice tests. We had to write a program by hand and hope to god it would compile without any erro
by MacsHeadroom 4y ago
My C class had weekly written programming tests.
Not multiple choice tests. We had to write a program by hand and hope to god it would compile without any errors.
Horrible way to teach C imho.
- ryanmcbride 4y agoHey we had that too! Good ol pen and paper. It was thankfully generally for simple algorithms
- corrral 4y agoIf they also made you do all the calculations the program would, by hand, and record the output, then penalized you if you made any errors on that... it'd be math class.
- ryanmcbride 4y agoWhen I had it it was primarily for logical problems. So it was more boolean logic than true math
- shreyshnaccount 4y agothats how they teach programming in a lot of places where I am
- shreyshnaccount 4y agothis was my high school curriculum. did python without classes, matplotlib without numpy and django without understanding mvc. Just memorise it xD
- mecsred 4y agoSame here, only if you wrote in pencil, you were not allowed to appeal grading. So you had to write C from memory _in pen only_ while learning the language. There were students who pointed out the grading was wrong on their code, the TA and professor agreed, and the mark was not changed. Had to take it to the dean, don't think I learned if it was ever fixed. It wasn't even a CS degree...