Week 7: Teaching Variables and Control Flow

• Examine techniques for teaching students about variables and control flow.

• Twitchell (2002). Understanding Computer Variables
• Kuittinen, et al (2004). Teaching roles of variables in elementary programming courses. SIGCSE Bull. 36, 3 (June 2004), 57-61.
• Feinberg,D. (2007). A visual object-oriented programming environment. SIGCSE Bull. 39, 1 (March 2007), 140-144.
• Review chapters in Horstmann text on decisions and iterations.

Videos

• Nick Parlante. Pointers in Java
• Khan Academy. For Loops in Python and While Loops in Python

• Understanding variables
• Arrays and pointers
• Explaining control flow

• AP CS: Arrays and Array Lists