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up vote 11 down vote

added by Ltww Nov 8 '15 at 14:12

closed as off topic by Zizouz212, Adam, Air, Robert Cartaino Jun 13 '16 at 14:39

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.

Downvoting: if you mean it literally, this question is VERY well-answred on stackoverflow already. If you mean it "for 13 year olds" or "for 18 year olds" etc ... then that needs to be specified. Otherwise it becomes a duplicate of the pre-existing questions – Adam Dec 19 '15 at 12:16

Shouldn't we just assume that all questions end with "...for 13 year olds"? – TomOnTime Jan 11 '16 at 15:22

@tomontime - no, because Google ranks SO sites very highly, which means it'll come up high on literal searches, attract wrong attention + answers. – Adam Jan 11 '16 at 22:21

@tomontime - Also ... do you mean "13 year olds" or "18 year olds"? The answers are so different as to be almost unrelated :). Are the 18 yr old answers different from the ageless answer? (I don't know - throwing this out there as why I'd want something more clearly aimed at educators - current wording is too BLAH) – Adam Jan 11 '16 at 22:22

@Adam - I just created a new discussion about this issue: Should the target group and further information be included in the question title? – elegent Jan 11 '16 at 23:29

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up vote 10 down vote

added by R.K. Nov 13 '15 at 23:00

closed as not a real question by TWhite, Zizouz212, Robert Cartaino Jun 13 '16 at 14:31

It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form.

This question is extremely broad. It is better to ask about a very specific problem you are trying to overcome. Anything trying to cover "best way to teach computer science..." is essentially trying to encompass a large part of this scope in one question. This would be closed as too broad on an actual site. – Robert Cartaino Jun 13 '16 at 14:33

up vote 4 down vote

added by Keith MacDonald Nov 9 '15 at 0:29

closed as off topic by Adam, AAM111, Camil Staps, ricmarques, user4098326 Feb 20 '16 at 13:28

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.

up vote 1 down vote

added by Michael Smit Nov 9 '15 at 11:05

closed as not constructive by AAM111, Camil Staps, Zizouz212, Robert Cartaino Jun 13 '16 at 14:46

This question is not a good fit to our Q&A format. We expect answers to generally involve facts, references, or specific expertise; this question will likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion.

up vote 1 down vote

added by Austin Henley Feb 27 '16 at 2:41

closed as duplicate of How do you teach variables effectively, while avoiding misleading analogies? by Sean Houlihane, Zizouz212, Robert Cartaino Jun 13 '16 at 15:35

This question covers exactly the same ground as another question in this proposal.

up vote 0 down vote

added by user145195 Nov 8 '15 at 22:01

closed as not constructive by Eric Johnson, Zizouz212, Robert Cartaino Jun 13 '16 at 14:44

up vote 0 down vote

added by Sean Houlihane Dec 17 '15 at 14:41

closed as not constructive by AAM111, Robert Cartaino Jun 13 '16 at 15:37

up vote 0 down vote

added by nimble_ninja Dec 23 '15 at 2:56

closed as not constructive by AAM111, Zizouz212, Robert Cartaino Jun 13 '16 at 14:42

up vote 0 down vote

added by Grumble Snatch May 4 '16 at 15:44

closed as duplicate of How do you differentiate instruction/assignments in an intro class when some students are coming in with significant experience? by Robert Cartaino Jun 13 '16 at 14:46

This question covers exactly the same ground as another question in this proposal.

up vote -1 down vote

added by R.K. Nov 13 '15 at 23:05

closed as not constructive by Adam, TWhite, Zizouz212, AAM111, Jon Mark Perry Jun 8 '16 at 9:57

up vote -1 down vote

added by Adam Dec 19 '15 at 12:18

closed as not constructive by user4098326, Zizouz212, AAM111, Robert Cartaino Jun 13 '16 at 14:46

up vote -2 down vote

added by A Lin Nov 8 '15 at 17:27

closed as not constructive by MichaelT, Gilles, AAM111, TWhite, Pikalek Feb 15 '16 at 19:53

up vote -2 down vote

added by Jirka Kopřiva Dec 6 '15 at 21:44

closed as not constructive by Camil Staps, Sean Houlihane, AAM111, Robert Cartaino Jun 13 '16 at 14:47

up vote -2 down vote

added by TWhite Dec 18 '15 at 18:44

closed as too localized by Adam, AAM111, Camil Staps, user4098326, Sean Houlihane May 17 '16 at 16:59

This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet.

Fine question, except: SO is a lot larger than the USA. If we allow regionalized questions like this, you'll get similar questions for Europe, Asia, etc. It will clog up the site with questions that should be on a different site (not SO). – Adam Dec 19 '15 at 12:55

up vote -2 down vote

added by Koeng Dec 18 '15 at 20:14

closed as not constructive by Camil Staps, user4098326, Robert Cartaino Jun 13 '16 at 14:47

I like the question, but I would downvote and demand more detail, otherwise its TOO open. I would expect the poster to modify the question after downvotes, until it was specific enough to be usefully answered. So ... I wouldn't vote to close, I'd vote to modify. – Adam Dec 19 '15 at 12:56

I understand. The thing is that in this proposal you only get to write the title of the question. In reality I would be able to describe details like the context in which the projects would be applied. – Koeng Dec 19 '15 at 13:33

Comments can be used to clarify your intent with the question, since the question fields are more limited than in the full site. I would modify the question to contain a specific focus and level - then it looks like one of the set of similar questions, rather than a poor question. (although, there are I think enough better questions, and this being closed shouldn't affect similar questions in beta) – Sean Houlihane May 17 '16 at 16:54

up vote -3 down vote

added by TWhite Dec 18 '15 at 18:41

closed as not a real question by Adam, AAM111, user4098326, Sean Houlihane, Jon Mark Perry May 21 '16 at 15:50

It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form.

I dislike this one - simply going to the Scratch website you have huge letters at the top on the front page that answer the question directly. On normal SO sites I'd close this and refer the poster to site guidelines that you need to have a specific issue, or explain why you've tried the obvious thing and it didn't work. – Adam Dec 19 '15 at 12:50

up vote -3 down vote

added by TWhite Dec 18 '15 at 18:43

closed as not a real question by Camil Staps, Zizouz212, user4098326, AAM111, Sean Houlihane May 17 '16 at 16:58

It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form.