https://bphogan.com/2013/07/Recent content in 2013/07 on Brian P. HoganHugo -- gohugo.ioen-ushttps://bphogan.com/2013/07/02/in-teaching-context-is-key/Wed, 03 Jul 2013 01:46:37 +0000https://bphogan.com/2013/07/02/in-teaching-context-is-key/When you were three years old, you asked “why” an awful lot. If you have kids you’re probably sick and tired of hearing that question. But it is a fundamental question; it’s how we learn. We have a need to understand. Some things are learned over time, like “We need to eat so we don’t die.” But some things are not easily understood. Like Pointers in C. Recently I came across an exercise that was designed to help the student understand the use of pointers in C.