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Re: OT: Problem Solving ad logic
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"Gribbin, Francis J." <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi Gary,

 

When I was teaching math, science, and programming, I found the students who had a talent for complex Geometry proofs and simple Algebra also did well in programming.  In Geometry you know where you are, where you want to be, and have rules you need to follow to get there.  Algebra shows you how to create the formulas you need to program most dependencies.

 

I admire educators and strongly believe that our society is making a grave error by undervaluing them.  Good luck.

 

Regards,

 

Frank J. Gribbin

Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP



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	From: Gary Nolan [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 

	Sent: Fri 10/31/2003 5:30 PM 

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	Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Problem Solving ad logic

	

	



	Hi Folks,

	

	Our community college is considering adding a new course to our IT programs this fall "Problem Solving and Logic". Now to me this presents a lot possibilities and problems. The idea of this 60 hour course is lay a foundation for its students to help them when the take programming in the second semester in most cases Visual Basic.Net and in the case of students taking Web Development VB.Net followed by Java.

	I would appreciate any suggestions, ideas, comments and logic problems for this course. Think back to when you learned you first programming language. What ideas and concepts would have made it easier for you to learn programming. I know some people just naturally accept and understand programming, in my experience so far it seems about 10% of a class is like this, but the rest of the class well......

	In my case I teach students that programming is a requirement of the course, System Admin/Networking students, and most of them just hate programming and struggle with it. I also teach programming to the Web Development student, and programming is a major part of their course and for the most part they get it pretty quickly.

	I know that I will probably get a lot of comments on how the P-12 school system does not help in teaching students logic and problem solving, and I agree.

	

	Any ideas?

	

	Anyone interested in our college can look at www.nscc.ca

	

	Gary Nolan

	Faculty  Nova Scotia Community College

	

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