PPIG 2007 in Joensuu: Extended deadline
Organizing committee had a meeting today and decided to extend the submission deadline for PPIG’07. The new deadline is 3.5.2007. Welcome then to submit your paper about any (and sometimes psychological) aspects of software development!
I can see several papers coming from edtech group:
M.T.: I taught Python first, how was it and how it was not?
I.J.: Touch the variable!
J. N.: POOm: an online debate about programming.
A. M.: Chico, a new programming language.
J. R.: You guys too: a comparison with CSED.
So, just blast off!
Here’s my submission:
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1. INTRODUCTION
I taught a programming course.
2. METHODOLOGY
I used Python.
3. RESULTS
Students learned and had fun.
4. DISCUSSION
Python is cool.
Dear Prof. Tedre,
I am writing to you in regards to manuscript entitled “I taught Python first, how was it and how it was not?” that you submitted for our consideration. In view of the criticisms of the reviewer(s) found at the bottom, your manuscript has been accepted for publication.
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Reviewer 1:
The paper presents a concise description of an approach to teach a programming course with Python. Obviously, the outcome of the study is positive, and thus I recommend the manuscript to be accepted for publication.
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Reviewer 2:
Corekt the langugage and de grammar. Accept with correction!
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Reviewer 3:
This paper, though somehow succinct in details, presents a groundbreaking study about a teaching experiment using Python. Written in a comprehensible style –and therefore accessible for a wide population of researchers– the manuscript provides a valuable contribution to what I currently know about teaching programming with Python. I have, however, several areas of concern about this work. The first problem I identify in this work is the lack of discussion about constructivist approaches to teaching. Second, the paper, in my opinion, misses to mention behaviorist view on learning. Finally, an abstract (if not intentionally disguised in title) is missing. Anyway, let’s accept the paper.