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Lab 1: If used before explanation #53

Closed cycomachead closed 10 years ago

cycomachead commented 10 years ago

This page uses the if block without much intro to how it works. http://bjc.eecs.berkeley.edu/bjc-r/cur/programming/intro/drawing/game-of-tag.html?topic=berkeley_bjc/intro/broadcast-animations-music.topic&step=11

And the quiz is based off repeat blocks without showing how they work: http://bjc.berkeley.edu/bjc-r/cur/programming/intro/drawing/testkeypress-soln.html

xtitter commented 10 years ago

Lab 1 is an interesting lab -- basically, it says "here is a bunch of stuff you can probably just figure on your own, but don't worry too much". Then, lab2 starts from scratch and explains everything.

I don't mind lab 1, assuming that Brian knew what he was doing. But, lab 2 just doesn't do enough to cover all the bases carefully and completely, even though that is its goal. I think focus should be on fixing lab 2 up quite a bit, making it longer, etc.

cycomachead commented 10 years ago

Yeah, it's more of an interesting thought for discussion.

I was talking with other TA's and I was thinking lab 1 could be a little more guided exploration by giving people a sample project with comments. This is more of a longer discussion, but I think many students are missing some very useful but not entirely intuitive pieces of Snap.

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On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Nate Titterton notifications@github.comwrote:

Lab 1 is an interesting lab -- basically, it says "here is a bunch of stuff you can probably just figure on your own, but don't worry too much". Then, lab2 starts from scratch and explains everything.

I don't mind lab 1, assuming that Brian knew what he was doing. But, lab 2 just doesn't do enough to cover all the bases carefully and completely, even though that is its goal. I think focus should be on fixing lab 2 up quite a bit, making it longer, etc.

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xtitter commented 10 years ago

Closing, after we refactoring the b