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