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		plasticchris on Sept 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Impact of programming on primary mathematics learn... I’ve been teaching my kid algebra and there was a big epiphany when she realized (in her words) that it’s just like programming except = isn’t assignment. She is a bit older than this study’s cohort so maybe the effect requires a bit more time?

Panzer04 on Sept 6, 2022 [–]

Time to teach her about references and pointers :D

plasticchris on Sept 6, 2022 | [–]

She actually got pointers pretty easily, but references were confusing since the syntax is the same when you… reference them.

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