Week 8
Principle #7 - Strategies: Foster Program Comprehension
Weekly Coding
You do not need to complete every weekly coding activity to be competent. But, you should make an effort to complete at least half of the assignments over the course of the semester.
Prior to Small Group
Textbook Readings
- pp 76-87 from BBCP
- Program Comprehension and the Block Model [Required]
- Parson's Problems [Required]
- How to Support your Students when Writing Code [Required]
- The I in PRIMM [Required]
At the Small Group
At the meetup this week you should
- Discuss the materials about Principle #7 [~45 minutes]
- What articles stood out to you? Why?
- What information in these readings were you familiar with?
- How and why?
- What information in these readings was "new" to you?
- What were the takeaways for your own classroom(s)?
- How do you think this information aligns (or doesn't) with the grade bands you teach? How and why?
After Small Group
- Complete the Competency Demo for this week. (0-4)
- Do NOT attempt this until after you have done all other activities for the week.
- Submit the final version of your CD on Blackboard