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Re: I need your support for the page which is created for beginners in programming

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Date	2018-09-24 05:41 -0700
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Subject	Re: I need your support for the page which is created for beginners in programming
From	Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com>

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On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 9:46:44 AM UTC-4, Eric Sosman wrote:
>      I do not feel that computer programming is best taught by
> repetition -- not even the part about loops, which *are* repetition!
> 

Physical skills are best learned by repetition from swinging a bat to playing a piano, doing the exact same thing many times.

Mental skills are often learned by repetition with variation.  If I'm learning a new programming language and I write a report I learn something.  If I write that same exact report 10 more times I'm probably not learning much.  If I'm typing it out every time, not just copy and paste, and paying attention to what I'm doing I may learn the language specific commands.  I may also get bored and gloss over and not really absorb it.  If instead I write 10 new reports, I should get faster with each one, should need less help with each one, should get more familiar with the data structures, and will hopefully gain some skills with the language to help move beyond the reports.

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I need your support for the page which is created for beginners in programming Pvr Pasupuleti <pvr.ram34@gmail.com> - 2018-07-29 10:38 -0700
  Re: I need your support for the page which is created for beginners in programming Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2018-07-29 14:23 -0400
    Re: I need your support for the page which is created for beginners in programming Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2018-07-29 21:12 +0200
    Re: I need your support for the page which is created for beginners in programming Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2018-07-30 05:18 -0700
      Re: I need your support for the page which is created for beginners in programming Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2018-07-30 09:46 -0400
        Re: I need your support for the page which is created for beginners in programming Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2018-09-20 03:04 -0400
        Re: I need your support for the page which is created for beginners in programming Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2018-09-24 05:41 -0700

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