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Suggestion: less changing of data files? #802

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I taught this lesson yesterday and we spent a lot of time changing data from episode to episode:

  • episode 2: north-pacific-gyre/2012-07-03/
  • episode 3:
    • create thesis directory
    • two examples of data/filesystems that learners don't have in front of them
  • episode 4: This is the one that was utterly confusing.
    • molecules
    • data directory for one exercise
    • molecules
    • data directory for another few exercises
    • north-pacific-gyre/2012-07-03
  • episode 5:
    • creatures
    • an exercise using molecules
    • creatures for an example
    • an exercise using molecules
    • creatures
    • north-pacific-gyre/2012-07-03
    • exercises using molecules
  • episode 6:
    • molecules
    • exercise using data/animal-counts/
    • north-pacific-gyre/2012-07-03
    • exercise using data-shell/molecules
    • exercise using north-pacific-gyre/2012-07-03

I understand that there is value in

  1. demonstrating how to change directories repeatedly
  2. showing learners that these functions can be applied to many types of data

but I think this might underestimate the cognitive load of maintaining an understanding what types of data are in each file - what was the experiment conducted. I spent a lot of time reintroducing data sets rather than functions.

Maybe each episode could pick a single dataset to focus on? That way we do change directories and work with different types of data, but also have the opportunity to focus on the functions within episodes.

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