Professional Learning And Networking for Computing
National 4 CS
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...
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 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...
Activity Summary A TRACS exercise for database queries. A set of queries suitable for national 4 and national 5. Number of Lessons An introductory lesson with pupils attempting simple examples. A second lesson to present complex sort / search and calculated / derived data. PLAN...
Activity Summary The attached resources demonstrate TRACS for expressions at N4/5 level, and focus on the order in which a language evaluates an expression. Pupils can be guided through the process, allowing them to use the PICCLLES guide to carry out expressions in the correct order. Suggested time allocation These tasks...
