Seems indicative of shifting expectations/demands that SICP used to be freshman course book; now it's considered "super advanced reading" :/
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possibly unrelated topic but there is important work in tuning freshman cs programs for people from diverse backgrounds
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This is very interesting! Any references I should read? I'm very aware the SICP is rough on non-math-ish folks.
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oh, and while i've got your attention, have you ever read these fun books? ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/
i enjoy the socratic style
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Nope, but I want to!! The article you sent was very interesting—thank you.
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it's a different context for thinking about the role of CS intro classes. anyway glorious times that the SICP epub is free!
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