On the VPython website there is now a tutorial introduction to VPython (a
pdf file). It is intended for science and math students who have not
necessarily ever written a computer program before, but are comfortable
with algebra.
This is basically the script we use to introduce VPython to our freshman
physics students, about 40-50% of whom have never written programs before.
I hook up a computer to a projector, and talk the students through the
tutorial, asking them to type what I type, then try it. This year we got
through the whole thing in 50 minutes (it goes faster if nonprogrammers
work in pairs).
Ruth Chabay
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Ruth Chabay, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Center for Innovation in Learning and
Adjunct Professor of Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
email: rc...@an...
phone: 412/268-5714
http://cil.andrew.cmu.edu/ruth.chabay.html
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