From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,abd120a1d5231d28 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jac@ibms46.scri.fsu.edu (Jim Carr) Subject: Re: Looking for a good Ada 95 book Date: 1996/11/26 Message-ID: <57f6hf$9l8@news.fsu.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 200867462 references: <56rc87$lbb@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <577269$86o@felix.seas.gwu.edu> organization: Supercomputer Computations Research Institute newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-11-26T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes: > >I am not training coders; I am educating college students. It is far more >important for them to >- learn to _think_ http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert961113-8774.gif ;-) >- learn to express themselves articulately and clearly in both natural > language and programming language Do you require that projects be submitted with a clearly written cover memo / executive summary as well as documentation? Has anyone experimented with a series of projects where a student is required to use a routine from project N-1 that was written by another student, to emphasize the need for clarity and documentation? Does anyone use teams / collaborative learning in their CS classes? -- James A. Carr | "The half of knowledge is knowing http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~jac/ | where to find knowledge" - Anon. Supercomputer Computations Res. Inst. | Motto over the entrance to Dodd Florida State, Tallahassee FL 32306 | Hall, former library at FSCW.