Professional Learning And Networking for Computing
Particular teaching method or approach
Activity Summary This is a collection of code reading exercises written in Visual Basic. There is a group of printable pupil booklets containing exercises to develop the following skills: code identification code description code explaining debugging tracing answering explaining code exam questions in SQA reference language The...
Activity Summary These tasks can be used to determine a learner’s understanding of object oriented principles when implemented in the Haggis reference language. Learners are asked to read a short section of code and answer follow-up questions. Explanations require a good understanding of OO principles such...
Activity Summary This is a collection of code reading exercises written in Livecode. There is a group of printable pupil booklets containing exercises to develop the following skills: code identification code description code explaining debugging tracing Suggested Time Required Two to three exercises could be covered in...
Activity Summary This is a series of practical tasks that focus on the relational database content of the N5 Computing Science course. All of the practical work is completed in MS Access. However, with a updated Help sheet (the current resource is based on VB...
Activity Summary Standard Algorithms in Livecode – This activity takes the learner through the process of creating a program for a holiday company. Pupils will need to know how to import and store the contents of a text file in a program. The learner will...
Activity Summary This is a set of exercises for Higher pupils using the TRACS technique. There are examples are in Python 3 and the SQA Reference Language. This activity allows the pupils to gain an understanding of how the data in programs are executed. This set of materials...
Activity Summary This activity allows students to gain an understanding of how SQL queries are executed. This is an introductory lesson that requires the teacher to demonstrate and explain that underlying all database queries is SQL code. The focus of the lesson is to introduce...
Summary of Technique [Office mix] This technique uses the kinaesthetic learning approach. By manipulating the records of a paper database machine, pupils can gain an understanding of how SQL queries are executed. This technique serves as an introduction to the SQL clauses that are generated by database management systems that...
Activity Summary This is a set of exercises for National 4 and 5 pupils using the TRACS technique. The examples are in Livecode. Suggested Time Required These exercises could be used throughout a unit of Livecode programming or as assessments of programming ability. Resources TRACS livecode—PLAN...
Activity Summary The attached resources introduces data modelling using entities, attributes and relationships by recreating part of the data model used by social networking sites. The use of entity relationship diagrams as a means of representing a data model is introduced. The resources can also help...
