A Summary of Debriefing Feedback on Our Python Lesson

Thu, 08 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

Last month, we discussed results from a survey of how our instructors are teaching Python. We now have a summary of the feedback we've received in our bi-weekly debriefing meetings. The recurring themes are:

A greater choice of exercises and multiple choice questions would allow instructors to select domain specific examples and cater to varying levels of learner.
Some instructors added an explanation of the Jupyter notebook or Spyder IDE environments.
Some instructors added an explanation of basic Python datatypes before presenting the lessons.
Comments that there is too much material to fit into a workshop and that some sections seem rushed.
Request for a better explanation of the advantages of the Anaconda Distribution at the start of workshops and resources for post workshop learning.
Comments on presenters style were positive for funny and entertaining examples and negative for highly mathematical examples.

Alistair Walsh on The Carpentries

A Summary of Debriefing Feedback on Our Python Lesson