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 ===== Objectives ===== ===== Objectives =====
  
-  * Study kinesthetic activities useful for explaining programming concepts.+  * Become familiar with kinesthetic activities useful for explaining programming concepts.
  
 ===== Readings for Class Discussion ===== ===== Readings for Class Discussion =====
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 Required Readings Required Readings
  
-  * [[|]]+  * Stanford, P. (2003). ​[[http://​dx.doi.org/​10.1177/​10534512030390020301|MI for every classroom.]] Intervention in school and clinic, 39(2). 80-85 
 +  * Jenkins, T. (1998). [[http://​dx.doi.org/​10.1145/​290320.283090|A participative approach to teaching programming. SIGCSE Bull.30,3 (August 1998),​125-129.]]  
 +  * [[http://​cs4edu.cs.purdue.edu/​methods:​material:​kinesthetic|Resource materials, including Robb Cutler videos]] (review for discussion)
  
 Optional Readings Optional Readings
  
-  * [[|]]+  * Anewalt (2007). ​[[http://​dl.acm.org/​citation.cfm?​id=1295109.1295133|Making CS0 Fun: An Active Learning Approach Using Toys, Games, and Alice]] 
 +  * Pollard, et al (2006). ​ [[http://​dx.doi.org/​10.1145/​1124706.1121411|Everything I Needed to Know About Teaching I Learned in Kindergarten:​ Bringing Elementary Education Techniques to Undergraduate Computer Science Classes]] 
 +  * Wolz, et al (2011). ​ [[http://​dx.doi.org/​10.1145/​1999747.1999769|Kinesthetic Learning of Computing vis "​Off-beat"​ Activities]]
  
 ===== Topics ===== ===== Topics =====
  
-  *  +  * Why 
-  ​+    * Helps to internalize and maintain abstract information 
 +    * Average attention span for a 16 year old is 7 minutes 
 +    * Makes learning accessible 
 +    * Difficult cs topics 
 +    * Encourages working with peers 
 +  ​* How 
 +    * Learning by doing 
 +    * Clear details and expectations for each activity must be provided 
 +    * Role plays 
 +    * Simulations 
 +    * Manipulatives 
 +    * Group discussions on a specific study topic 
 ===== Lab ====== ===== Lab ======
  
   * AP CS: Decisions; Iteration   * AP CS: Decisions; Iteration
  
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