Professional Learning And Networking for Computing
Summary of Technique Pupils (in pairs) differentiate data items used in a system and attempt to classify or group those items based on their knowledge of the system being examined. After classifying the data structures pupils will explore how the data items interact and determine rules...
Summary of Technique This technique uses the worked examples approach. Pupils can build a solid understanding of a process for working through a complex task, such as a calculation. This technique serves as an example of how worked examples can be used for calculation tasks as well as coding tasks....
Activity Summary Higher/ National 5 pupil exercises providing worked examples for a variety of Data Representation calculations including the uncompressed files sizes of images with dimensions in pixels and inches sound with multiple channels video Suggested Time Required 10 minutes to study each worked example...
Summary of Technique [Office Mix] This technique uses the worked examples approach. Pupils can build a solid understanding of a process for working through a complex task, such as writing an algorithm. This technique serves as an example of how worked examples can be used to make sure pupils take...
Summary of Technique This technique is designed to challenge pupils’ understanding of modular programming, and develop understanding of how data flows in and out of program modules. It is imperative that pupils know the difference between the internal data flow and external data input/output of the program....
Activity Summary This is a set of slides for presenting to a class with TrueBASIC questions. The questions work well when used with Peer Instruction. The TrueBASIC content covers National 5 level concepts for programming. Suggested Number of Lessons Spread over a unit of learning TrueBASIC. Resources TB PIQs—PLAN...
Activity Summary National 5 Pupil Revision Notes covering the programming constructs assignment, selection and repetition. These are linked to worked examples of explaining code questions, written in the SQA Reference Language (also known as ‘Haggis’). Suggested Number of Lessons These will be used throughout the SDD course....
Activity Summary This is a set of slides for presenting to a class with Scratch questions. The questions work well when used with Peer Instruction. The Scratch content covers the majority of National 5 level concepts for programming. Suggested Number of Lessons Spread over a unit of...
Summary of Technique Office mix This technique is used to interrogate pupils’ knowledge of relational databases by looking at alternative conceptions. A list of known alternative conceptions (see the approach post here) is used as the basis for a question set. The questions can act as a...
Summary of Technique Quintin Cutts and others analysed well over one hundred Peer Instruction questions used in a highly successful introductory programming course. The questions fell into categories matching key skills involved in programming. Some of these skills appear to be rarely covered by traditional assessment formats. Hence, the...
