Seq21Oct13: Mailed 18 November 2013.
Mechanical MOOCers,
Welcome back! We resume with week 5. You’re now midway through the adventure. Hopefully you’ve had a good week of catching up, relaxing or working ahead.
Here are your materials and assignments for this week:
Materials:
- Text: Chapter 9 & 10 from How to Think Like a Computer Scientist.
- Video : Lecture 6 and Recitation 3 from 6.00SC Introduction to Computer Science
- Codecademy: Units 12 and 13 – Lists and Functions
Tasks:
- First: Complete sections 3.7 to 3.9 from Written Exercises 3
- Second: Complete sections 3.0-3.5 from Handout 3 of 6.189 A Gentle Introduction to Computer Science
As always, ask for help for help on OpenStudy or from your cluster peers. And remember to hand out medals on OpenStudy to anyone who helps you out!
Keep on keepin’ on!
– The Mechanical MOOC
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