tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post6354647915624328290..comments2024-03-27T15:13:24.764-04:00Comments on Computer Science Teacher: It’s OK To Make MistakesAlfred Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575057876858763822noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-32228491487094975322014-02-27T19:55:51.742-05:002014-02-27T19:55:51.742-05:00I don't know if forgiving is the right word. J...I don't know if forgiving is the right word. JavaScript does semicolon inference which is forgiving but can really be a nightmare for beginners. <br /><br />The key is meaningful feedback. Too much of a shield, kids don't learn. Too little, they get frustrated. <br /><br />A system that provides good feedback (which can be really hard to find) and some rubber duck debugging can be a wonderful combination when developing young coders.<br /><br />Mike Zamanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15069276938781711576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-74663837129537291792014-02-27T18:25:00.197-05:002014-02-27T18:25:00.197-05:00Dan, I'm totally with you one the forgiveness ...Dan, I'm totally with you one the forgiveness of Visual Basic. I see a lot more syntax errors in C-family languages.<br /><br />Ken, showing students the debugging process can be very valuable. I need to slow down and do it more myself.Alfred C Thompson IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011086242006020298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-25240420135706664472014-02-27T17:56:40.050-05:002014-02-27T17:56:40.050-05:00I had a great learning opportunity today with my o...I had a great learning opportunity today with my own syntax error in Python. I forgot that the string (or list) slice is done with a colon instead of a comma.<br /><br />This let my students know that I am human and make mistakes. It also let the students see how I debugged the problem and found the solution in seconds (I had to slow down to let them watch and explain my process) via Google combined with a link into StackOverflow.<br /><br />It was great.Ken Bauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162751624231415408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-11213618410097610022014-02-27T08:21:54.166-05:002014-02-27T08:21:54.166-05:00This is one of the reasons I love VB.NET. I find ...This is one of the reasons I love VB.NET. I find it one of the most forgiving languages syntactically (especially with VS2013).Dan Kasunhttp://blogs.msdn.com/DanKasunnoreply@blogger.com