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- From: protocom@DMI.USherb.CA (protocom-Laurent turcotte)
- Newsgroups: comp.object
- Subject: Teaching OOP concepts to kids/Adults
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- Date: 10 Jan 93 20:30:46 GMT
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- Organization: Universite de Sherbrooke -- Dept. d'Informatique
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- >I'm looking for ANY info about TEACHING OOP to kids or adults...
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- > -It could be done using smalltalk and turtle graphics...
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- > -It could be done using hyperCard like programs...
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- > -It could be done with a book of some kind...
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- > -Anything (the sky is the limit)
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- >I'm thinking of doing a University school project on this
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- The Project will be as follows:
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- Goal:
- Teaching kids/Adults at the introductory level OOP concepts
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- Methodology:
- Creating a language tutoring engine in VisualWorks (Smalltalk) using:
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- - guided tutorial
- - context sensitive help
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- The first module would consist of teaching the "message passing" idea
- through examples in turtle graphics where the students types in the commands
- and send messages to the turtle in smalltalk syntax. Also help would be
- provided in a context sensitive fashion and a link (in the help engine) would be made to LOGO syntax
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- Int the help part the possibility of going in the detail level DESIRED by the user would be nice to encourage curiosity
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- P.S. ANY FEED BACK ON THIS IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED NO MATER HOW SMALL
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- Larry Turcotte Internet:protocom@dmi.usherb.ca
- computer science student/consultant
- consulting company:Protocom Is there anybody out there.....
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