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The second day of this three-day course for Master Teachers and other experienced primary programming teachers covers selection, variables and make your own blocks.

Online Collaboration link for the day

Reflective Diary for Cohort 4

Printed activity sheet for the day 4

Research on learning trajectories – Rich et al. 2017

Session 4 Selection

Objectives

Increase understanding of selection specifically:

• Different forms of selection
• Using design to represent selection
• Progression of selection
• Event driven programming and other programming paradigms

PowerPoint Session 4

Lesson Plan Session 4

Session 5 Variables

Objectives

Increase understanding of variables specifically:

• What is a variable
  • analogy misconceptions
  • initialisation
  • data types
  • data structures
  • scope
• Using design to represent variables
• Progression of variables
• Roles of variables

PowerPoint Session 5

Lesson Plan Session 5

Session 6 Make your own blocks and lists

Objectives

Increase understanding of make your own blocks and lists specifically:

• What is a procedure – make your own block
• What is a list
• Using design to represent procedures/make your own block and lists
• Progression of procedures and lists

PowerPoint Session 6

Lesson Plan Session 6

Homework

Additional Materials

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