[Edu-sig] My experience teaching Python
Martijn Faassen
faassen@vet.uu.nl
Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:29:05 +0100
Stephen R. Figgins wrote:
[we have problems explaining for loops]
> Maybe the for loop problem you are having is because you didn't
> relate it to something the student can visualize. How about tying it to a
> real world example?
[snip dolls example]
> Once they have that concept, you can tell them about using numbers and
> testing for end conditions.
That's a rather neat idea! I'll try that next time. :)
Regards,
Martijn