[Edu-sig] Research on best language to use for teaching beginners

[Andrew Harrington]

Good point on order of keyword introduction affecting ease.  I agree with
yours, though having introduced functions first allows me to show how to
use return to short-circuit a loop without having to add the extra syntax
of break so early.

Dr. Andrew N. Harrington
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On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Laura Creighton <lac at openend.se> wrote:

> I have found that if you begin teaching:
>
> for item in lst:
>
> and
>
> for letter in word:
>
> and then add break, and continue,
>
> and then teach
>
> for x in range(y):
>
> and then teach
>
> while (something):
>
> it all goes better than if you begin with while loops.
>
> But I don't know whether this means this is a better order to teach in,
> or simply a better order for _me_ to teach in.
>
> Laura
>
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