Timeline for Is it better to lie to students or to be pedantic when teaching Intro CS?
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| Aug 6, 2019 at 16:43 | history | edited | ADJenks | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 27, 2019 at 21:54 | history | edited | ADJenks | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 10, 2018 at 20:31 | comment | added | James Snell | +1 I'd suggest "should not" over "do not" - that way it begins to act as a red-flag to highlight a potentially bad programming practice. There will be times it may be the right thing to do, but it then leads the students to check that code carefully and encourage them to justify their actions if/when they do so. | |
| May 9, 2018 at 19:12 | comment | added | supercat | The phrase "generally speaking" is great, because it invites a student to treat something applies in the cases that are going to follow, but discourages excessive inferences that might lead the student astray. | |
| May 9, 2018 at 17:34 | comment | added | the_lotus | This is good. I was advanced for my course and when teacher "lied" I thought it was because they didn't know better. If they said "generally speaking" it peaked my curiosity to look at it further. | |
| May 9, 2018 at 10:41 | comment | added | Algy Taylor | Good suggestion, it gracefully deals with a huge problem in 2 words :) "As a rule"/"As a general rule" could also be used in the same place. | |
| May 8, 2018 at 13:54 | comment | added | Gypsy Spellweaver | Welcome to Computer Science Educators. Great suggestion. I hope we'll see more ideas from you on the site. | |
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| May 8, 2018 at 2:30 | history | answered | ADJenks | CC BY-SA 4.0 |