hey mastodon, throw all your programming pedagogy links at me. I teach a lot of beginner programmers and I want to get better at it!
specifically the trouble I have is getting beginners from the "I understand the syntax and can modify examples" stage to the "I can model problems as programs and apply my knowledge of the language to build these programs" stage. the first stage is pretty easy and most tutorials for beginners are oriented toward that kind of literacy... the second is harder to achieve and harder to teach, and it seems like most people only reach that stage with self-directed practice
@aparrish Do you think the hurdle is related to algorithmic thinking?
This paper looks interesting with regard to the pedagogy of algorithmic thinking.
https://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/PubDat_140308.pdf
I've also found the book "How to Solve It" useful for thinking about and teaching problem solving, though it's not directly related to programming.
