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Chapter 2: Dividing the Story - Section 3: The Escape
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Submitted by Jeff Sale
Published: 13 May 2013 - 14:57

[Q2.3.1]: Could you further simplify the code in this method?

[A2.3.1]: You could take the code tiles out of the Do In Order tile and then delete the Do In Order tile.

Tags: Abstraction Alice CSP Curriculum Lesson plan Teaching strategy Unit 2: Problem Solving Creativity Unit 4: Introduction to Programming
Recursion in BYOB
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Submitted by Leslie Keller
Published: 19 Apr 2013 - 09:02

After teaching algorithms in BYOB, I teach as small unit on recursion with the intent to teach students the concept of recursion.

I am also attaching the BJC Webinar on Recursion done on April 17.

I also use the following...

Groups: BJC Authors
Tags: CSP Curriculum Algorithms Teaching strategy Unit 2: Problem Solving BYOB/SNAP! Concept explanation Unit 4: Introduction to Programming Programming
Lo-Fi Prototyping
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Submitted by Don Yanek
Published: 15 Jan 2013 - 21:47

This is a one day activity I did with my ECS students. Anijo Mathew, instructor from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology faciliated the Lo-Fi prototyping activity which focuses on brainstorming, problem solving,...

Groups: Creativity Taste of Computing Facilitators
Tags: ECS Unit 2: Problem Solving Student activity Unit 4: Introduction to Programming Unit 6: Robotics