Teaching C# to Jr High Sudent

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I am teaching C# to my 11 year old child. One challenge is that all the C#
books I own and that I have seen in bookstores are full of language that is
not easily comprehended by a student at that age. Can anyone recommend
books (or perhaps websites) tuned for younger audiences?

BTW, its amazing how fast a student can absorb this kind of information at
that age. Lucky them!

Thanks, Bruce

[AirPete]

msnews.microsof t.com wrote:

I am teaching C# to my 11 year old child. One challenge is that all
the C# books I own and that I have seen in bookstores are full of
language that is not easily comprehended by a student at that age.
Can anyone recommend books (or perhaps websites) tuned for younger
audiences?

BTW, its amazing how fast a student can absorb this kind of
information at that age. Lucky them!

Thanks, Bruce

I would suggest a good reference such as "Applied .NET Framework
Programming" published by MSPress.

- Pete

[Bruce Schechter]

Pete,

Thanks. I am familiar with that book and I like it.

But I'm hoping to find a book that was literally targetted at a high school
or Junior High level to begin with. Any other suggestions from anyone?

cheers, Bruce

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msnews.microsof t.com wrote:

I am teaching C# to my 11 year old child. One challenge is that all
the C# books I own and that I have seen in bookstores are full of
language that is not easily comprehended by a student at that age.
Can anyone recommend books (or perhaps websites) tuned for younger
audiences?

BTW, its amazing how fast a student can absorb this kind of
information at that age. Lucky them!

Thanks, Bruce

I would suggest a good reference such as "Applied .NET Framework
Programming" published by MSPress.

- Pete

[AirPete]

Bruce Schechter wrote:

Pete,

Thanks. I am familiar with that book and I like it.

But I'm hoping to find a book that was literally targetted at a high
school or Junior High level to begin with. Any other suggestions
from anyone?
It's not specifically for high school students, but the Step by Step series
(also MSPress) has the simplest technical books I can think of.

cheers, Bruce

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msnews.microsof t.com wrote:

I am teaching C# to my 11 year old child. One challenge is that all
the C# books I own and that I have seen in bookstores are full of
language that is not easily comprehended by a student at that age.
Can anyone recommend books (or perhaps websites) tuned for younger
audiences?

BTW, its amazing how fast a student can absorb this kind of
information at that age. Lucky them!

Thanks, Bruce

I would suggest a good reference such as "Applied .NET Framework
Programming" published by MSPress.

- Pete

[DalePres]

I agree with Pete. Go with the Step by Step series. Along with probably 20
other C# books, I have OOP Step by Step, ASP.Net with C# Step by Step and
C#/VB Step by Step. They all give pretty decent introductions into their
respective areas.

Dale
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I am teaching C# to my 11 year old child. One challenge is that all the C# books I own and that I have seen in bookstores are full of language that is not easily comprehended by a student at that age. Can anyone recommend
books (or perhaps websites) tuned for younger audiences?

BTW, its amazing how fast a student can absorb this kind of information at
that age. Lucky them!

Thanks, Bruce

[clintonG]

I use Deitel & Deitel (father & son) textbooks which can
be evaluated on the shelves at Barnes & Noble.
SEE: http://www.deitel.com/

The other day I was astounded by an Intertch Instructor Series
textbook... expensive hardcover but the writing was excellent...

C# and the .NET Platform
Andrew Toelsen, A! Press

Finally, the official 'textbook publishers' often do not sell their
books retail. It would be a good idea to contact that buyer from
a bookstore at a local high school or technical college and ask
them for references.

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I am teaching C# to my 11 year old child. One challenge is that all the C# books I own and that I have seen in bookstores are full of language that is not easily comprehended by a student at that age. Can anyone recommend
books (or perhaps websites) tuned for younger audiences?

BTW, its amazing how fast a student can absorb this kind of information at
that age. Lucky them!

Thanks, Bruce

[Ron Rohrssen]

I don't normally recommend WROX books. But, if you're looking for a good
basic book that has step-by-step examples including screen shots, I'd highly
recommend "Developing C# Windows Software" ISBN 1-86-100737-X.

Unfortunately this book seems to be out of print. It doesn't show up on Wrox
anymore. If you can get your hands on it, I think it would be worthwhile.

[Sam Gentile [MVP]]

Actually all the books are too complicated for what you are trying to do
here with a high school or junior high school programmer. There is one new
outstanding book that fits perfectly - Charles Petzold's new book,
"Programmin g in the Key of C#", which teaches programming to someone
completely new to programming and it uses C# to do it. Its masterfully
written and it assumes no knowledge of programming but not only teaches
these concepts but all the relevant aspects of C#. Highly recommended.

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Bruce Schechter wrote:

Pete,

Thanks. I am familiar with that book and I like it.

But I'm hoping to find a book that was literally targetted at a high
school or Junior High level to begin with. Any other suggestions
from anyone?
It's not specifically for high school students, but the Step by Step

series (also MSPress) has the simplest technical books I can think of.

cheers, Bruce

"AirPete" <x@x.x> wrote in message
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msnews.microsof t.com wrote:
I am teaching C# to my 11 year old child. One challenge is that all
the C# books I own and that I have seen in bookstores are full of
language that is not easily comprehended by a student at that age.
Can anyone recommend books (or perhaps websites) tuned for younger
audiences?

BTW, its amazing how fast a student can absorb this kind of
information at that age. Lucky them!

Thanks, Bruce

I would suggest a good reference such as "Applied .NET Framework
Programming" published by MSPress.

- Pete

[Gerald Lightsey]

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 11:22:03 -0800, in the
microsoft.publi c.dotnet.langua ges.csharp group, msnews.microsof t.com
said...

I am teaching C# to my 11 year old child. One challenge is that all the C#
books I own and that I have seen in bookstores are full of language that is
not easily comprehended by a student at that age. Can anyone recommend
books (or perhaps websites) tuned for younger audiences?

BTW, its amazing how fast a student can absorb this kind of information at
that age. Lucky them!

My advice is not to try to dumb down to them. Their capability to reach
up is so great that if they are really motivated they will so quickly
pass you up that it will astound you. Rather, try to help them find
references to what they don't understand. If you can't solve the
problem with references or it doesn't make enough sense that you can
explain it to them, then the book is probably poorly written for any age
level.

Gerald

[Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]]

Hi Bruce,

Thank you for posting in the community!

I think your post is an interesting one. The community has provide you much
books recommandation. I think the "Steps by Step" series is suitable for
beginner.
Also, I think "Inside C#" is a good book for C#. :-)

Additionally, if you are interested in .Net Framework related resource, I
think GotDotNet's QuickStart is a good start for your children.
Please refer to:
http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/

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