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Re:Using Programming Language Concepts to Teach General Thin... by kingkongjaffa on Thursday May 25, 2017 @09:44AM (#14417216)
Taught on paper with psuedocode is the best way I've seen it introduced.
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Re:Using Programming Language Concepts to Teach General Thin... by hasenj on Thursday May 25, 2017 @09:12PM (#14421417)
The problem is when the student tries to write their own code. I'm not talking about anything complicated. Just simple imperative logic.

You can explain to them an example code and they would nod and say they understand, but when it comes time for them to write code, they can't.

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