During tutoring, you often need to point out the unexpected details of a language. The tutor brings up a point that is relevant to Perl, but not only Perl…. Back in my October 4 post, I used a Perl construct …
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Tutoring computer science, this topic is fundamental. The tutor gives a short program as a focal point. Back in my last post I introduced the if, else construction. Today we’ll look at a sample program that implements it. Let’s …
Tutoring computer programming, some issues that seem negligible become very important to consider. The tutor discusses the status of variables. In computer programming blogs, as well as in some books, you’ll often see the construction if($variable) { these instructions; …
Tutoring math or sciences, you need to remind your students to “show their work.” The tutor observes the same precedent in computer science. Back in my last article, I discussed the changes to the Perl compound interest calculator so it …
Compound interest is probably studied more in high school than it was twenty years ago. The tutor amends the perl program from September 10 to cover the general case of compound interest. Back in my September 10 article, I offered …
The tutor continues his coverage of programming with Perl. Today, we’ll look at some math operators. Over the summer, I covered beginners’ aspects of Perl programming. Searching this blog for perl, or else choosing the computer science category on …
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Tutoring math, you realize that some of your students will move on to computer science at university. The tutor brings up a time-honoured favourite among comp-sci people: random number generation. Every computer programming language I know of has a random …
The tutor notices that, given it’s Aug 14, we need a little progress in our summer project of Perl programming. This rarely comes up in tutoring, but it’s a labour of love…. Back on June 22, I broached the …
Returning to computer science, we continue our summer tutoring project surrounding PERL programming. The tutor introduces the concept of an array – first, from a generic viewpoint. Every computer programming language I know of uses the concept of an array. …
When you tutor computer programming, you must explain the use of variables. Such is the next step of our PERL summer project. To a computer, a value needs a name. Computers (at this level) aren’t capable of changing context the …