Exposure C++

Chapter I

Learning The Exposure Way

The “Nothing is Obvious Story”

Imagine a young boy in the Amazon jungles. This boys has always lived in the jungle without any modern conveniences. He has never been in a city; he has never seen a television nor seen a book.

Now imagine that for some reasons unknown this young boy travels to Colorado in the Winter time. The little boy stands in a yard somewhere and watches the snow with bewilderment. He is astonished; he does not understand what is falling from the sky.

Another little boy, about the same age, from Colorado, looks at the boy's behavior. The Colorado boy is confused, why is the boy acting so odd? Obviously it is snowing, so what is the big deal?

The Exposure Equation

Bewilderment + Exposure = ObviousBewilderment + Exposure = Obvious

Exposure in Extracurricular Activities

• Drill team performance

• Half-time band show

• Football Team blocking

• Basketball free throws

• Baseball batting

The Curious Exposure Discrepancy

Students recognize that only continuous practice will result in a good showing at a brief performance or brief competition

Many of the same students barely read or practice a topic once for an academic subject.

It appears that preparation for a known, short performance requires practice, but preparation for life receives only minimal effort from many students.

Roller Coaster Emotions

The majority of computer science assignments work or they do not work. This causes considerable emotions with most beginning students.

Many students get very excited when a program works, and very depressed when many hours of effort result in nothing.

Accept - that a computer is not intelligent and requires 100% correct information. Do not become angry with the computer, nor with yourself. Determine the discrepancy (small we always hope) and try again.

Learning Computer Science

• Read assignments before lecture.• Listen to the lecture. Pay attention even if the topic

is confusing.• Play with the computer. Try different approaches.

Learn by discovery.• Ask questions whenever you are confused.

Concentrate on asking questions on topic being discussed.

• Read assignments again after the lecture.

Learning Computer Science

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• Read lab assignments before scheduled lab time. Prepare a solution for lab assignment.

• Work on lab assignment.• Ask clear - to the point - questions when you are

confused.• Get clarification on any shaky topic before taking a

test.

• Cramming does not work in Computer Science.

Excessive Help

Excessive help - kind of help a student uses to complete an assignment without learning the required concepts.

Positive help - kind of help a student gets to understand the required concepts, so that the student learns to do the assignment

Excessive Help Catches Up:

• Lab Exercises

• Computer Lab Programming Tests

• Class quizzes

• Multiple Choice Tests