Questions tagged [self-learning]
Questions regarding teaching a topic to yourself. Use this tag to ask about ways and methods of teaching which apply to teaching yourself.
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Spring core exercices
I'm actually studying (free studying using online books) to pass the Pivotal Spring core certification and i need some exercices (online or pdf) to practice in order to master the framework as well, ...
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Method for keeping records in a computer science notebook?
Which recording method is best used for computer science. The Cornel method or the subsequent method developed by Scott Young who mastered the MIT program in a year.
To be honest, I have problems ...
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This question is for anyone who has read Introduction to Algorithms by MIT press 3rd edition - Exercises, how to make them easier?
I'm a student at a liberal arts college who has recently been taking classes at a tech school due to our schools cross-exchange program.
I did not do well last semester, so I have spent the summer ...
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How should one go into learning algorithms and data structures? What do you think is an efficient way to do so?
Should one first understand its logic and see its implementation? Or should one try to implement it first oneself?
How should one learn so that one can quickly implement the algorithm or data ...
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How can I do the best assignments as being a computer science student?
As I am a student of BS(CS) computer science and a beginner in this field. As a student in the first semester I don't know about any basic language or other techniques to improve my assignment skills. ...
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How can I improve other programming languages while having command on one language
As in computer science field we have to learn several programming languages like C++, Java, C#, python, php etc to complete our tasks and home assignments. However you are good in only one language. ...
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how can i build up interest in learning some dry but important subjects of BS(CS)?
As a student we didn't have interest in every subject of computer science because some of these subjects have different domains of learning. But in case if you have didn't properly done with one ...
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How can programming skills be improved?
I often take help from online videos to improve my programming skills, but I am not successful. Videos help me in debugging my code, but I am not improving my programming. Is there any other way ...
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How to make project in java language, for students who doesn't know java?
In CS I have been taught other programming languages than java. Now in final year project they are demanding project in java. So is there an easy technique to learn java fast?
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how to motivate student that programming will give bright future to them?
some students in my class are leaving CS because programming is difficult and think that it will not give them bright future. how to motivate that students, that their interest is develop in ...
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How can I get through very long and very dry, but also very useful technical documents when learning a new tool?
Vulkan is a very useful API for rendering projects, and I would like to learn how to use it as it opens up new possibilities for doing some rendering tricks much more efficiently than in OpenGl.
I am ...
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About the ACM and IEEE-CS Computing Curricula
I've been searching for a detailed definition about what computer science is about for years, when one day I came across these
two documents: Computing curricula 2005 report and Computer Science ...
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Is learning C++ recommended for beginners?
I have heard a lot of people saying C++ is a hard language to learn and is not a good language to start. I myself am a beginner in programming and have jumped straight into C++ as soon as I heard that ...
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How to learn to solve trees, graphs questions for competitive programming
I learnt about trees and graphs from my textbooks (undergraduate level) last year.
But now I'm doing competitive programming and unable to solve questions involving these concepts.
I fail to ...
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How to learn to program compiled languages efficiently when coming from an interpreted language?
I have experience with Python and now am learning C++, I am finding the lack of an interpreter or a repl to be a serious hinderance when learning the language, as well as the ability to type ...
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How can I improve my understanding in Computer Science?
I am new to Computer Sciences, working as machine learning engineer. I only know the basics of programming.
How can I improve my technical comprehension so that I will be able solve different ...
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What is the best way to learn an object oriented programming language with framework, data structure and alogrithms?
At first I will say, I known some basics Python and Haskell. For now I decided to follow my programming road with Python. I have chosen a few issues and their learning path, hence I would like to know ...
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Learning disabilities as a barrier - should I stop learning?
I am not a teacher. I'm an adult with learning disabilities. I have autism and memory problems. As a child, I was way behind and stuck in SLD, where the teachers had little interest in teaching, so ...
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Should one study programming by doing hard problem?
As one learns programming, how useful it is to spend time to solve hard problems? Like, I saw a problem solving site where one task is for example to find a regular expression for decimal numbers ...
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How can I remain a programmer and move into currently “hot” areas? [closed]
I'm a programmer, and I want to continue as such, but I want to explore new areas. I know the future is in the big data, and virtual reality (for example), but I don't know if they have less coding ...
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Data and Database modelling books
I need a suggestion for books for my University. I have a subject called "Data and database modeling" but we lack of books. Our professor gave as barely understandable scripts. This is an official ...
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How to convince students that self learning is an important skill?
I am teaching beginner programmers with a variety of backgrounds. Towards the end of the course, we encourage more independent and team based learning rather than lecture based learning. This is ...
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Study Advice for a CS Student
It's my second year in my computer science degree, 2nd semester.
I feel like I am still not good enough and not satisfied with myself! I still can't program and when I have a task I can't think. I ...
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What can be the causes of the difference in student performance?
The box-plot represents the number of programming tasks performed correctly in 30 minutes.These tasks are designed to learn basic CS concepts: sequences, loops, conditional ...
Each box represents an ...
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How to retain technical information about new features?
I'm going through an online training on Apex and Salesforce (trailhead), and I don't know how to retain all this info. I'm memorizing it, and trying to build stuff, but I'm still not retaining it.... ...
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Where one can learn CS in very rigorous way? [closed]
I'm interested both mathematics and computer science. I like math because one can formalize it rigorously and I have seen that many things can be defined by sets. Is there similar thing in computer ...
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In self-teaching, how can I move from basic tutorials to more complex work?
I'm currently learning SQL (specifically T-SQL) and focusing on searching databases, not building/editing them. This is pretty much the first language I'm learning, so I don't have a CS background to ...
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Advice for becoming more confident in programming
I apologize if this isn't the right kind of forum to ask this question, but I've been feeling helpless.
I'm in my 4th year in college as a CS major. However, I am horrible at programming (relative to ...
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Textbook on Optimization
Can anyone suggest some good textbooks on optimization for MSc level? Books with more concrete applications and examples on real problems would be more appreciated.
I am more interested in algorithm ...
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Are there companies that allow to be free when learning and teaching?
I'm currently a trainer in a kind of "expert" domain: a web-programming backend framework.
However, what I truly like is to help people regardless of their level, mostly online or at conferences. The ...
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Is there a better way to validate student learning?
I'm a student in an undergraduate Computer Science program with several years of experience before coming to university. As I began working through the coursework here, a large problem stuck out to me....
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For a beginner, is it better to start with C or a higher level language?
Some friends of mine, over the years, asked me suggestions on what to study for learning how to code. Most of them had no real final purpose, just wanted to be able to understand programming and be ...
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What are good resources for self learning Finite Mathematics for a CS Student?
A student studying Computer Science requires some knowledge of finite mathematics, including logic, probability, counting, etc. In the use-case at hand, a HS or University course in finite math is not ...
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Finding tutoring in Maths / CS
I am technically enrolled on a university course but lack basic maths ability and have fallen behind in trying to catch up. Therefore I need to explore self-learning to improve my position while ...
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Is it possible to study too many things in parallel?
Unfortunately I did not study well at school, I was not interested in many things, and I did not understand that things.
But I have matured, interests have become more. I am now 20 years old. Now I ...
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“Franklin” Method for learning good programming?
I was reading Ben Franklin's biography(the one by Walter Issacson), and it describes his method for learning to write: he would take excellent essays, jot down the basic ideas, then try to reconstruct ...
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Online courses to form or improve a CS resume?
I am looking to start a career in CS (programming, software developing and eventually artificial intelligence) but don't have the economic means to attend university.
I am currently working on ...
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Computer Engineering student with Holes in my knowledge (i want to improve)
I'm a computer engineering student, I definitely have my strengths and weaknesses like any other student. And, I would like to improve upon areas that I'm either struggling in or completely missed in ...
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Real world example application built with Python and JavaScript?
Does anyone have any suggestions on a small program or application to write that would help a Python beginner work with JavaScript? For example, when one is learning JavaScript, building a small to-do ...
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Could you recommend books on concurrent programming?
I am self-learning concurrent programming. I have some experience with concurrent programming. Have self learned OS and programming.
There are both programming languages and libraries that provide ...
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What does a person with an undergraduate degree in CS still need to learn to be employable as a developer? [closed]
Some recent CS graduates feel unprepared to enter the job market. Some may actually be unprepared.
What is missing from a typical undergraduate program, or not sufficiently emphasized, that a person ...
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Attempting to prevent learning of poor techniques when self-teaching
A big problem of learning alone is that you don't always figure out the preferred style for a language, the most "pythonic" (in the case of Python) way to do it, or how to write code in keeping with ...
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Strategies for self-learners to transition into working on larger projects
A common problem I've noticed many beginners (especially self-taught ones) run into is figuring out how to transition from working through tutorials and exercises to working on full-fledged projects. ...
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Strategies for independent learners to identify gaps in their knowledge
One common concern many independent learners of computer science and tech have is figuring out what they "don't know". More specifically, the concern is that since they've never been formally educated ...
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Learning fundamental differences between functional programming and Object Oriented Programming
I've been trying to learn the differences between Functional Programming and OOP, but I can't seem to find a comparison of the two.
A Google search did not yield any chart or table showing such a ...
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How to figure out what I need to search for in order to create a program?
I'm a student in computer science and got my bachelor's degree 2 weeks ago. I had the opportunity to practice a lot of C/C++ (more C than C++) during the past 2 years.
I frequently don't know what I ...
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Book recommendations for rigorous CS books
I am a mathematician but I would like to learn basics of computer science. I have seen many books that are fine but has some mistakes. For example, ...
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How do I teach git to a teenager
I like Git, or at least the idea of it. However I can not get my head around how to use it. Therefore I would not like to teach it.
(This question is about learning to use Git. Not about comparing it ...
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Ideas for introducing databases to Android development students
I teach an Android development course to students who have had two full years of Java experience - including a year of data structures. In the past, my students have used services such as Firebase, ...
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Using another person to motivate
I am learning various topics on my own, and so is another person that I know. We were planning on studying together around four days a week, a half an hour at a time (perhaps to be increased if all ...
