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Long time CS Professor who studied Mathematics. Dr. Buffy if you want to be formal. Not a dog, but not as cute as my avatar either.

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150 Is it better to lie to students or to be pedantic when teaching Intro CS? May 7
137 Is it bad to force my students not to return early? Mar 9
92 What advantages do students who learn how to touch type have? Jun 18
64 Is there some meaningful percentage of students who can't learn to program? Oct 30 '17
50 Should I teach that 1 KB = 1024 bytes or 1000 bytes? Mar 9
42 How do you teach something when you don't know it yourself? Feb 26
40 Assisting students with large programming assignments takes too long in class Sep 7 '17
38 Is it important to teach pointers in a first course using Java? Jul 15 '17
37 How to explain the concept of a variable to a 9-year old? Jan 21
31 What could be the possible advantages of teaching Scheme as first programming language? Sep 2 '17
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