Name: Anonymous 2008-10-04 1:58
http://www.ccs.neu.edu/scheme/pubs/jfp2004-fffk.pdf
As I see it,
Problems presented: students need to understand industry best practices, students cannot handle learning trivial information about subjects aside from programming without becoming muddled, students cannot be presented with more than basic material without becoming muddled, students need to be taught where certain abstraction techniques can be used.
Why these aren't problems: undergraduate university computer science shouldn't be a trade school, these students are idiots who should be weeded out, these students are idiots who should be weeded out, these students are idiots who should be weeded out (respectively).
My solution: deemphasize b.s. in computer science for mundane programming jobs, make trade schools for programming industry garbage, make sure idiots understand that they will never make it through cs101.
feasibility?
also fig. 1 on page 10 is hilarious.
As I see it,
Problems presented: students need to understand industry best practices, students cannot handle learning trivial information about subjects aside from programming without becoming muddled, students cannot be presented with more than basic material without becoming muddled, students need to be taught where certain abstraction techniques can be used.
Why these aren't problems: undergraduate university computer science shouldn't be a trade school, these students are idiots who should be weeded out, these students are idiots who should be weeded out, these students are idiots who should be weeded out (respectively).
My solution: deemphasize b.s. in computer science for mundane programming jobs, make trade schools for programming industry garbage, make sure idiots understand that they will never make it through cs101.
feasibility?
also fig. 1 on page 10 is hilarious.