Today, I am trawling through newsgroup/mailing-lists for experiences and findings that are related to my conjectures. These are:
ruby-talk 196754: Ruby for Highschoolers?
184541: Are college professors teaching computer science with ruby?
204108: OO Paradigm and Ruby Exercises for a Beginner
196754: Ruby for Highschoolers?
238613: Getting my sister to learn programming
Also,
I must find what is a common 'base set' of concepts that must be grasped/taught to grasp/teach the OO paradigm.
It looks like I will be then making a comparison of these concept's demonstration with Java and Ruby.
Also,
Looks like I will take a stab at Scheme since it keeps coming up in teaching programming... (including DrScheme, Squeak)