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

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

I would take this sort of study with a pinch of salt...

The quality and skill of the teacher as well as the aptitude and
learning context of the students has a huge impact on the end result.
There are numerous studies that show this. To my mind this invalidates
the "use method X or Y in subject area Z?" type questions such as this one.

(For example, in my specialism of music there's a huge amount of debate
over when and how to introduce various concepts. Such arguments usually
boil down to, a good teacher will use their judgement depending on the
aptitude and outlook of their students. This has been the case for at
least 500 years of western classical music education.)

Social science FTW!!!!! (So says a former teacher and classical musician
with a philosophy degree.)

:-)

N.

On 02/10/15 17:33, Laura Creighton 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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