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3 y/o can form simple sentences like "dad is playing" why they can't understand "x = 3"?
by _c3ag 3y ago
3 y/o can form simple sentences like "dad is playing"
why they can't understand "x = 3"?
- darkwater 3y agoBecause one is rooted in sensorial life and the other is purely abstract?
- _c3ag 3y agothe grammar on a language isn't abstract too? anyway, heheh, Scratch aims to teach basics concepts of programming to children older than 6 y/o; who knows if Python is easier? edit: typo... coding =/ programming
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- recursive 3y agoI know who dad is. Who is x?
- pkdpic 3y agoit doesn't seem like much more of an abstraction than an abstract numeric symbol equalling a certain number of physical objects (ie 3 = * * * ) in my limited experience basic variable use isn't much of a stretch for a 3yo
- trealira 3y agoI mean, at that age, they haven't even really learned basic algebra; they still have to learn things like the order of operations, manual addition and subtraction, and manual multiplication and division. Don't you remember reading books as a kid with child characters saying things like "I was pretty good at math class until they started introducing letters to the problems; I don't understand it at all anymore!" Things like that show that variables aren't directly intuitive to all children.