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Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel
August 05, 2024
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Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel Duke University Reducing Barriers to Teaching Novice Learners
How to Code In three “easy” steps
Let them eat cake first! Photo credit: Jessie Pearl on
Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0.
When I “do” data analysis
When I “do” data analysis get data
When I “do” data analysis get data clean data
When I “do” data analysis get data clean data visualize
data
When I “do” data analysis get data clean data visualize
data bake cake
When I “do” data analysis get data clean data visualize
data bake cake mise-en-place
When I “do” data analysis get data clean data visualize
data bake cake mise-en-place go shopping
When I “teach” data analysis
When I “teach” data analysis visualize data bake cake
When I “teach” data analysis clean data mise-en-place visualize data
bake cake
When I “teach” data analysis clean data mise-en-place visualize data
bake cake get data go shopping
start on day one 1
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continue on day n N
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Mess around and find out! Photo credit: ethekwinigirl on Flickr,
modified to black & white, CC BY-NC 2.0.
prompt ‣ Explicitly provide opportunities to mess around
Make room for little bits of creativity
Make room for little bits of creativity
Make room for little bits of creativity
Make room for giant leaps of creativity . . .
prompt ‣ Explicitly provide opportunities to mess around ‣ Showcase
yourself messing around in “semi”- structured live coding sessions
prompt ‣ Explicitly provide opportunities to mess around ‣ Showcase
yourself messing around in “semi”- structured live coding sessions ‣ Then make time to showcase yourself cleaning up after yourself
prompt ‣ Explicitly provide opportunities to mess around ‣ Showcase
yourself messing around in “semi”- structured live coding sessions ‣ Then make time to showcase yourself cleaning up after yourself ‣ Expose them to each others’ creativity
safeguard
safeguard ‣ Coding, where you can’t mess with the raw
data
safeguard ‣ Coding, where you can’t mess with the raw
data ‣ In well-designed computatonal environments
safeguard ‣ Coding, where you can’t mess with the raw
data ‣ In well-designed computatonal environments ‣ In reproducible computational documents
safeguard ‣ Coding, where you can’t mess with the raw
data ‣ In well-designed computatonal environments ‣ In reproducible computational documents ‣ With version control
Keep the streak going! Photo by Charlein Gracia on Unsplash.
abc
always be coding
always be coding ‣ Daily live coding
always be coding ‣ Daily live coding ‣ Daily application
exercises
always be coding ‣ Daily live coding ‣ Daily application
exercises ‣ Weekly deliverables
always be coding ‣ Daily live coding ‣ Daily application
exercises ‣ Weekly deliverables ‣ Motivating rewards
thank you!