CS Students Want Advice on Helping Strugglers?

geekgirl21 asks: "My university's Computer Science Society (a student organization) wants to create a booklet about helping students get through the major's introductory courses (3 semesters of Java). The focus of this booklet is toward the people who work hard but still struggle with the courses. Specifically, we'd would like some advice about where to get the following: clearly written books/articles about the concepts of Java and OOP, how to prepare for tests, how to take notes in class, how to productively complete a coding assignment, and how to write good, documented code. Also, organization is not our group's strong point. So how do you recommend splitting up the work to complete this seemingly intimidating task? Thanks in advance about any advice you can provide."

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Re:Should you?

[aminorex]

I hope whoever moderated that as flamebait gets
crushed into the dust my metamods.

As regards "economic constraints", it's pretty
hard to maintain a university seat per child
in a society where 10% of the population could
be wiped out by a bad rice crop (as happened
in China, under Mao's brilliant leadership).
*You* *just* *can't* *pay* *for* *it*.
In the U.S. there is *no* reason why college
couldn't be compulsory.

You might find it inconvenient to sit in a
classroom with someone who asks absurdly simple
questions from time to time. But just wait until
the same neanderthal is carjacking you or
raping you instead. I think it's worth spending
a little patience now.