Re: Teaching (and Learning) Assembly Language, Part I


Charles A. Crayne wrote:
> On 30 Aug 2005 08:14:46 -0700
> "randyhyde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <randyhyde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> :To begin with, it's important to realize that no single pedagogy
> :(teaching method) is going to work for *everyone*.
>
> This is, indeed, a key point. However, your categories deal far more with
> what material needs to be taught, than with how to teach it.

Don't worry Chuck, there will be many more parts to this series, and
how to teach it is definitely on the list.

> Therefore, let
> me suggest an orthogonal set of categories.
>
> To begin with, there are those of us who prefer to learn from reference
> materials, and, in those cases where the materials are unclear, from
> explanations, or example code, which we find on the web.

Sure. Cat3 and cat4 people tend to prefer learning stuff this way.
That's why a book like Jeff Duntemann's Assembly Step-By-Step (cat1) or
AoA (cat2) isn't real appropriate for these two groups. These groups
are the ones where Herbert's "just grab the manufacturer's literature"
recommendations are actually practical.


>
> Others learn better with the structure provided by self-study courses,
> tutorials, and so forth.
>
> And yet others learn best with both structure and supervision -- the
> traditional classroom method.
>
> There are, of course, no clear lines of demarcation between these
> categories.

True. But if someone is going to prepare, assemble, or write an
educational package for programmers, the important thing is that they
choose an audience and target that audience. And while the lines of
demarcation may not be clear, there's rarely the case that one category
completely overlaps another. That's why there's room for a *lot* of
different approaches to teaching assembly language. And that's one of
the *main* thrusts of this article series, to point out that there are
many ways to teach assembly and to point those interested in creating
such material into areas that are not currently serviced well.

Thanks for the feedback,
Randy Hyde

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