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| From | Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: Program or be Programmed ! |
| Date | 2014-12-13 20:54 +0000 |
| Organization | Hidecs Consultancy |
| Message-ID | <cf3nbmFi4kdU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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the_gavino_himself wrote: [%X] >> I managed to outline the very basics of Forth to a 5 year-old at a recent >> Imagineering Exhibition. In about 5 minutes spent with him he managed to >> grasp the concepts of the parameter stack and postfix operations. >> >> He was, to admit, quite bright in that he had suggested a small >> modification to the programme I was running on the stand. I was >> displaying a sine-wave of asterix characters scrolling continuously down >> the screen. 3 lines of code generated the sine-wave (and cosine) numbers >> and the other 30 or so lines did scaling and arrangements for its >> display. I was showing the source code in a separate window. >> >> With a bit of role play in the class-room and the aid of a few blocks and >> sheets of acrylic and some dry marker pens (shame we can't use chalk >> anymore) Forth would be a very good language to teach our primary school >> children. It would probably not take many sessions of this before you >> could let them loose on a Forth on a computer and have them programming >> for real. There are some tutorial books that can help the teachers at >> this level too. > > sounds wishful Not that wishful Gav. I have run some of the ideas by some ex-teachers and have some contacts in the Teacher Training arena. The 5 year-old was probably easier to deal with. I know the real challenge is teaching the teachers on how to approach the material. -- ******************************************************************** Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET.....<email://Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> Forth based HIDECS Consultancy.............<http://www.hidecs.co.uk> Mob: +44 (0)7811-639972 Tel: +44 (0)1235-510979 Going Forth Safely ..... EBA. www.electric-boat-association.org.uk.. ********************************************************************
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Program or be Programmed ! visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2014-12-01 18:55 -0800
Re: Program or be Programmed ! Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2014-12-02 11:36 +0000
Re: Program or be Programmed ! the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2014-12-13 12:47 -0800
Re: Program or be Programmed ! Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2014-12-13 20:54 +0000
Re: Program or be Programmed ! visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2014-12-17 16:51 -0800
Re: Program or be Programmed ! "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-19 08:20 +0000
Re: Program or be Programmed ! Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2014-12-19 09:29 +0000
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