Teaching Programming
Public Group active 7 years, 11 months agoGeneral group for anyone interesting in promoting, discussing and improving programming instruction.
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Hildy Dickinson joined the group Teaching Programming 7 years, 11 months ago
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Harvey Siy joined the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 9 months ago
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Dr. Sherri Harms started the forum topic CS/IT Teaching Methods Course ideas in the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 9 months ago
I am teaching an online CS/IT Teaching Methods course this summer for K-12 teachers.
This is the third time this course has been offered. I focus on computational thinking, and I use the CSTA curricula and the […] -
Lloyd Sommerer replied to the forum topic What programming language? in the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 10 months ago
We teach Python, and students don’t seem to have any trouble with C/C++ or Java when they get to college.
People give lots of reasons for starting with Python. Probably the most common is that it is like […]
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Dr. Sherri Harms posted an update in the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 10 months ago
Our online CSIS 834P IT Teaching Methods course is this summer from 6/17 to7/26. We use Scratch programming in this class. This class is part of the UNK MSEd program for Nebraska teachers to earn the IT supplemental endorsement. For more information see http://www.unk.edu/academics/csis/IT_Education/
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Dr. Sherri Harms joined the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 10 months ago
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Chris Bourke replied to the forum topic Need feedback on programming rubric in the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 10 months ago
In my CS1 (CSCE 155E – using C), I use the following general guidelines in my rubric. However, the point distributions quickly change. For the first assignment for example, the stylistic requirements carry […]
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Chris Bourke replied to the forum topic What programming language? in the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 10 months ago
I’d say Java is best out-of-the box, especially if you use an integrated IDE. C/C++ are good too, but a little more difficult to do simple things that Java gives you for free (Data structures, string […]
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Chris Bourke joined the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 10 months ago
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Leen-Kiat Soh replied to the forum topic What programming language? in the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 10 months ago
I think this depends on the purpose of the course. Exposure to students? AP CS in secondary schools, CS1 in post-secondary? My thinking is that for post-secondary courses, like a CS major in college, probably […]
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Leen-Kiat Soh replied to the forum topic Need feedback on programming rubric in the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 10 months ago
I have been teaching CS1 for a while. For us: Program Correctness (45%), Programming Style (10%), Software Design (10%), Testing (15%), and Documentation (10%). And the topics cover pretty much what you have. […]
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Matthew Haden started the forum topic What programming language? in the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 10 months ago
Just curious what programming language you introduce your students to for their first taste of programming?
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Matthew Haden joined the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 10 months ago
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Leen-Kiat Soh joined the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 10 months ago
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Lloyd Sommerer started the forum topic Need feedback on programming rubric in the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 10 months ago
Over the last few years I’ve been refining the rubric that I use to grade programs, but I’ve never actually had a chance to ask other programming teachers for feedback. If you have the time, could you look it […]
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Lloyd Sommerer joined the group Teaching Programming 11 years, 10 months ago
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