How To Teach Independence

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Published on 2011-02-13T01:52:44Z Indexed on 2011/02/13 7:32 UTC
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In my IB Computer Science class I am routinely asked by... pretty much everyone how to do X or implement Y. I'm the only person with any significant programming experience in the class and I do not necessaries mind teaching people about programming but so many of the questions could be simply solved by doing a little investigating.

What are some ways I could try to teach my fellow students how to be self-reliant programmers?

All I can really think of is being a Google ninja & learning how to use an API.

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