In article <1111660534.419431.75750 at f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
Michele Simionato <michele.simionato at gmail.com> wrote:
>>But here I am discussing other kind of intellectual capabilities,>in particular the ability to learn a programming language.>>I think the problem most kids face is *not* lack of intellectual>capability, but lack of concentration. Most kids cannot keep>their concentration focused on a single topic for a long period>of time, so they start one thing and never finish it, since>they have a thousand other little things to do in the mean time.
That's part of it. Another issue is that general problem-solving skills
do increase with experience. I also think that programming ability
tracks reading/writing ability to at least some extent, and while there
are child prodigies with language, they seem to be rarer than smaller
skillsets.
--
Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/
"The joy of coding Python should be in seeing short, concise, readable
classes that express a lot of action in a small amount of clear code --
not in reams of trivial code that bores the reader to death." --GvR
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