Professional Learning And Networking for Computing
Technique to encourage the use of CS language and self explanation.
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 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 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...
Summary of Approach Peer Instruction (PI) is an active learning technique, from the “flip-teaching” stable. It helps the teacher make best use of their time with students, in particular enabling them to highlight and correct particular student alternative conceptions. Benefits of Peer Instruction One of the...
