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- From: lannert@ils.nwu.edu (Eric J. Lannert)
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- Subject: Re: Info on being a Systems Programmer/Analyst?
- Date: 28 Mar 1996 15:18:50 GMT
- Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. USA
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- In article <DoM9I1.3F7@presby.edu>, jtbell@presby.edu (Jon Bell) says:
- >
-
- >If you hate doing word problems in math or physics, you'll probably hate
- >programming once you get beyond learning a programming language itself
- >and into solving real-world problems. More specifically, you'll hate the
- >analysis and design that precedes the actual coding of the program.
- >
- >--
- >Jon Bell <jtbell@presby.edu> Presbyterian College
- >Dept. of Physics and Computer Science Clinton, South Carolina USA
-
- I disagree. In the general sense, math word problems
- in school were without an authentic context(i.e. real-world problems).
- I hated every math
- course I ever had because of the contrived context so many of the problems
- were presented in. I loved math, but we weren't doing math, we were
- solving stupid word problems. I took an OR class in
- college where the professor had us use both math and programming
- to solve real-world problems, I've been doing it ever since.
-
- Don't judge
- your problem-solving skills or motivation for problem-solving until
- you've had a chance to do it in an authentic, intrinsically
- motivating context. Good Luck Stuart.
-
- Eric J. Lannert
- The Institute for the Learning Sciences
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. USA
- lannert@ils.nwu.edu
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