http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000635.html
Short entry, a few links, and a zillion comments, on a study saying that a large chunk of people simply can't learn how to program and that their test, which looks for ability to form a consistent mental model of what some code is doing (even if an incorrect model) weeds the sheep from the goats.
Read away.
Short entry, a few links, and a zillion comments, on a study saying that a large chunk of people simply can't learn how to program and that their test, which looks for ability to form a consistent mental model of what some code is doing (even if an incorrect model) weeds the sheep from the goats.
Read away.