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How would you explain the double-hump distribution of grades then?

• goldfeld 14y ago
  I don't know if I agree about "never being able to learn programming," maybe with the right intense tutoring those people could. But double-humping is easy to explain: some people embrace the mindset and problem solving approach of programming naturally, or with minor counsel; while some people simply approach their programming assignments as a bunch of solutions they have to memorize so they can replicate them on the exam. It's quite similar to the approach I've seen most engineering students take to Calculus and Physics when I was doing Engineering. Obviously, wanting and liking to learn programming also plays a major role here, and I'd say that even within computer-related degrees many people end up avoiding programming courses, on the grounds they can still work in the field by going the IT route.
• dbaupp 14y ago
  The parent isn't denying that currently there are groups of people who don't learn CS very well, it is merely saying that CS is just like every other field, in that most people can learn it, but more slowly, or need some more help to do so properly.