Balancing Teaching CS Efficiently with Motivating Students.

The article discusses the relation between discovery learning and direct instruction in introductory-level computer science (CS) education in light of the importance of student motivation, a discussion taken from the January 9, 2017 blog post "'Figure It Out' Isn't Enough: Striking a New Balance Between Understanding, Problem-Solving, and Design in Introductory CS Classes," located at http://bit.ly/2jvlDd0.