[Edu-sig] learning algorithms

[Andrew Harrington]

This is a more recent version for thinkCSpy
http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/
Andy

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 2:48 PM, erik schoster <ejschoster at gmail.com> wrote:

> Apologies for the double-post, but I just remembered the Khan Academy has
> been fleshing out their computer science section. It's even taught in
> python: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=36E7A2B75028A3D6
>
> As far as a general introduction to computer science and python in
> particular, I very much enjoy *How To Think Like a Computer Scientist*:
> http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkCSpy/html/
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 2:44 PM, erik schoster <ejschoster at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> This is a very nice introduction to the fundamentals, IMHO:
>> http://algorithms.openmymind.net/
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 2:31 PM, roberto <roberto03 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have to help a teenager who's fond of computer science.
>>> He told me he wants to learn "the tough algorithms out there". Of
>>> course, nobody helps him at school.
>>>
>>> I'd like to know some resources to guide him from the very basics of
>>> programming to as far as he can at the moment.
>>> Since python is my first choice, personally speaking, can you give me
>>> some suggestion about a step-by-step introduction to algorithms ?
>>>
>>> Thank you !
>>>
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