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Re: Python Basics

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On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> In fairness to Seymour, at this extremely basic level, it's really hard to
> explain to somebody how to solve a problem without giving them the answer.
>
> While I don't condone mindless parroting of work that others have done,
> remember that for tens of thousands of years, being shown how to do
> something, then imitating that, has been the most effective way for people
> to learn. Dropping hints is typically the least effective learning method.

Maybe. I'd still like to see the student's existing code before just
giving the answer. Providing code in response to the copy/pasted
problem definition invites the answer to be copy/pasted, which creates
the situation I described.

ChrisA

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  Re: Python Basics Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-04 03:42 +1000
    Re: Python Basics diarmuid.higgins@mycit.ie - 2014-10-03 10:44 -0700
      Re: Python Basics Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-04 03:47 +1000
        Re: Python Basics diarmuid.higgins@mycit.ie - 2014-10-03 10:54 -0700
          Re: Python Basics Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-04 04:04 +1000
          Re: Python Basics Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> - 2014-10-03 11:34 -0700
  Re: Python Basics Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-10-03 18:54 -0400
    Re: Python Basics Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-04 09:05 +1000
      Re: Python Basics Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-04 11:09 +1000
        Re: Python Basics Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-04 12:24 +1000
        Re: Python Basics alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-04 09:10 +0000
        Re: Python Basics Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-10-04 17:42 +0000
      Re: Python Basics Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> - 2014-10-09 11:26 -0700
        Re: Python Basics Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 08:38 +1100
  Re:Python Basics Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-10-03 19:13 -0400

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