Agreed... now I have 2 concrete concerns: 1. Where will the time come from to teach coding? (Not sure that "From the time not spent learning SPSS clicking" will be sufficient.) It's easy to have ideas for adding to a curriculum, but nobody wants their stuff to have less time.
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I seem to recall back in the 90s or 2000s some research with CLIs vs GUIs with older adults that showed, counterintuitively, that they could handle the CLI much easier because it wasn't full of distracting things (lots of icons, etc). They could focus on a single task. >
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> Every time I fire up SPSS with its unnecessary windows and a million menu options that aren't organised in any way that makes sense, I think of that research.
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I find "powerful" GUIs confusing and frazzling to be honest. It's a visual maze with no clear path.
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Same here. I hate thinking the GUI way. As if the actions one can take are set in linear order. Computer programing is in this sense like writing natural language. Imagine doing an essay using a menu and thinking that's normal.
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"ok, now highlight the verb 'go', then 'Insert -> Prepositional Phrase -> Direction -> To'; in the new box, type 'store' as the object, and tick the 'add definite article' box. Then highlight the entire sentence, click Format Sentence Type from the ribbon, choose 'Question'..."
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