[plt-edu] Re: [plt-scheme] behaviour of void?

On Feb 6, 2009, at 1:28 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:

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> So have you tried this at CalPoly? It sounds too good to be true :-)


Ha!  They won't let my ideas anywhere *near* the intro curriculum; I'm  
officially the 102 coordinator, but we have to teach in C and Java...  
because that's what the EE majors want.  Don't get me started.

To answer your question, then: no, this is all purely hypothetical.  
I'm waiting for the day I can give it a try.

John


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> On Feb 6, 2009, at 4:12 PM, John Clements wrote:
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>> On Feb 5, 2009, at 6:23 PM, geb a wrote:
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>>> So what kinds of exercises are you looking for?
>>
>> Meta-constructivism!
>>
>>
>> That is, give the students the chance to design tools whose *use*  
>> will help them learn.  These can be "tight-loop" projects like self- 
>> quizzers and grade predictors, or they can be "loose-loop" projects  
>> like time management tools and to-do-list organizers.  Either way,  
>> the students are motivated to do a good job because they actually  
>> want to use the thing itself in order to improve their performance  
>> in this and other classes!
>>
>> John
>>
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