Re: Exhibit: Session 2 of 10, a Python training

Um....

> So yeah, my technique is to keep introducing new concepts (e.g. for loop)
while continuing to use those looked at so far (e.g. print formatting).

That I get.

> Looping with for
>   more string formatting

That looks like deliberately introducing two new concepts at the same time
(for and
*more* string formatting)

Are you trying to introduce two more balls?

I have always made a point of one at a time, but maybe that is boring and
the student tunes out.




On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 11:04 AM, kirby urner <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 6:32 PM, Carl Karsten <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 3:12 AM, kirby urner <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Looping with for
>>>    more string formatting
>>>
>>
>>
>> Kerby, I am curious about the pedagogy of introducing two distinct
>> concepts at the same time like that.   Care to elaborate?
>>
>
>
> I introduce string formatting with {placeholders} early in the training,
> and then keep using that. I also use the keywords list (keyword.kwlist) for
> raw material, when introducing for loops. So something like this:
>
> from keyword import kwlist
>
> for word in kwlist:
>     if word.islower():  # showing how conditionals work
>         print("Lowercase keyword: | {:20} |".format(word))
>
> The format method is a good stand-in for callables in general in that we
> can start looking at positional versus named arguments, * and ** as
> argument exploders etc.
>
> So yeah, my technique is to keep introducing new concepts (e.g. for loop)
> while continuing to use those looked at so far (e.g. print formatting).
>
> Kind of like a juggling act, where one keeps introducing more balls.
>
> Kirby
>
>
> Kirby
>
>
>

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