Sie ist die ewige Königin der Tastaturen - und ein unerträglicher Nervtöter im Großraumbüro: Vor über 20 Jahren entwickelte IBM das Modell M, das Vielschreiber heute teuer im Internet kaufen - oder voller Glück im Sperrmüll finden. Ihr Tastenanschlag ist legendär ... laut.
All teachers of programming find that their results display a 'double hump'. It is as if there are two populations: those who can [program], and those who cannot [program], each with its own independent bell curve. Almost all research into programming teaching and learning have concentrated on teaching: change the language, change the application area, use an IDE and work on motivation. None of it works, and the double hump persists. We have a test which picks out the population that can program, before the course begins. We can pick apart the double hump. You probably don't believe this, but you will after you hear the talk. We don't know exactly how/why it works, but we have some good theories.
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