To: jhbrown@ai.MIT.EDU (Jeremy H. Brown), sipb-iap-sucker
Subject: Re: IAP class list so far...
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 22:09:12 -0400
From: Alex <xela>

Oops --- first time I sent this, I screwed up the headers & it
only went to sipb-iap-sucker

Following up to myself:  If you were asking about the caffinated
versions, Jeremy, they're generally a ~3-hour rapid fire
lecture-rush through the features of the language.  It's an
amazing stunt to watch, and I suspect if someone immediately heads
to a workstation and starts coding in the new language, it can
actually suceed in kickstarting an experienced programmer into a
new language.

> > >How many sessions/hours are the crash courses, and how much grading is
> > >involved?
> > 
> > I don't know. You should ask Vikash (vkm) or Jay Pottbarst (jayp);
> > they are organizing the crash courses.
> 
> Historically the crash course in C has been 8 sessions of 1.5-2
> hrs each, lecture/discussion format.
> 
> No grading --- I've never seen an instructor require homework or
> show any sign of wanting to correct it in 3 years of SIPB IAP
> classes.
> 
> If I recall matthew's psets correctly, he posted questions and
> solutions both, and it was up to pepole to try to solve the
> problems and use the solutions (and of course compiling and
> testing) to check their results.
> 
> ---Alex

