Teaching Programming
Public Group active 6 years, 3 months agoGeneral group for anyone interesting in promoting, discussing and improving programming instruction.
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Hildy Dickinson joined the group Teaching Programming 6 years, 3 months ago
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Harvey Siy joined the group Teaching Programming 10 years, 1 month ago
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Dr. Sherri Harms started the forum topic CS/IT Teaching Methods Course ideas in the group Teaching Programming 10 years, 1 month 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 10 years, 2 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 10 years, 2 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 10 years, 2 months ago
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Chris Bourke replied to the forum topic Need feedback on programming rubric in the group Teaching Programming 10 years, 2 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 10 years, 2 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 10 years, 2 months ago
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Leen-Kiat Soh replied to the forum topic What programming language? in the group Teaching Programming 10 years, 2 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 10 years, 2 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 10 years, 2 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 10 years, 2 months ago
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Leen-Kiat Soh joined the group Teaching Programming 10 years, 2 months ago
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Lloyd Sommerer started the forum topic Need feedback on programming rubric in the group Teaching Programming 10 years, 2 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 10 years, 2 months ago
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