Word: cs50
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...thought CS50 could have been a good introduction, but the term introduction is a bit misleading,” says Magda Kowalczykowski ’03. “It’s a good, in-depth course, but its not good for people who have never tried [computer science] before. It was just way too fast, and it was all about getting the problem sets done, not about getting the underlying concepts...
...teaching fellows sucked,” says Kowalczykowski, who now concentrates in government. “My CS50 teaching fellow was a sophomore English concentrator who had no idea how to teach. And the advisors didn’t know anything. They just didn’t care...
According to the CUE guide, in the 2001-2002 academic year teaching fellows, in both CS50 and CS51 were widely described as “helpful” and “knowledgeable.” Over 50 percent of the students in each course found sections “helpful” or “essential...
...students feel that the introductory courses CS50 and CS51 need to change...
Some students who had little or no previous experience prior to CS50 recommend the introductory sequence as well...