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CCATP #629 - Dr. Garry on Study of Language Skills vs Numeracy In Learning to Program

Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite

English - March 14, 2020 14:40 - 58 minutes - 54 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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Dr. Maryanne Garry of the University of Waikato and I break down the meaning of a research paper published in the journal Nature in which subjects were measured to see whether language aptitude had a high correlation with learning to code. The paper can be found at "Relating Natural Language Aptitude to Individual Differences in Learning Programming Languages".

Figures we discuss from the open access journal:

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