Silent Teacher – A game to learn how to code
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Silent Teacher – A game to learn how to code
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Re: Silent Teacher – A game to learn how to code
#2My problems:
1. This doesn't teach you how to code, this teaches you how to read code and learn arithmetic logic that goes with programming. 2. You use Javascript as a base.
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#3This seems fun. I'd be interested to hear how people who have never programmed before react to, and cope with the 'puzzle'. I didn't find any information beside the game itself.
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#4Really well executed.
This forces the reader to confront their misconceptions about what is going on by exploring edge cases. (number + string == ??). Teaching models that force you to guess when you are uncertain can create a deeper understanding by preventing hindsight bias. Everything seems obvious once you know the answer -- the hard part is convincing the student they would have gotten the question wrong before you told them.
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#5Since becoming an instructor, I love these tools to help reinforce what I'm teaching. Its rapid fire enough and randomized enough that you can fire off 5-10 small 'exercises' without having to build elaborate (in the student's mind) programs to practice the concept. The sequence of math to functions was great in my opinion. Hammer home the math, then repeat with a twist.
I will say arrays need makes a quick jump since the concept of starting counting at 0 is sometimes new to them.
If I were to use this, the features I'd love to see are the option to view it in different languages (I teach Python and Java). Also, someway of setting up practices and monitoring student activity would be nice; like, homework is 20 correct answers of math, variables, functions.
Very cool site!
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#6How far does it go at the moment? And how far are you planning to make it go?
Very well done, congrats guys!
PS. Consider translating http://www.toxicode.fr/ into English for visitors from the US. Your services are in much demand over here. And get the .com too!
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#7This is just what I was looking for to help one of the designers at my job learn about how variables and functions work. She's good with photoshop but her usefulness is seriously limited by her inability to write code - I've been trying to figure out how to get the basic concepts through to her gently.
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#8My problems: 1. This doesn't teach you how to code, this teaches you how to read code and learn arithmetic logic that goes with programming. 2. You use Javascript as a base.
It teaches how variables work though, which can be one of the toughest parts about understanding code.
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#9In case anybody is wondering why they're getting the string concatenation questions wrong, it's because you let your browser translate the page from French.
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#10Even if I had never tried to program before, I feel like it starts/progresses way to slowly. It gave me like a whole pages worth of questions about adding single digit integers or combining small strings.
I like the look and feel of it, I just think the content should be tweaked a little bit to pick up the pace. Maybe some hints they can look at if needed.
Also, multiple language support would be good.