College Board's AP Computer Science Teacher’s Guide

To show that algorithm design is difficult, have students write algorithms, exchange their work, and then attempt to execute each others instructions.

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Assign the whole class one project, with you as the project manager, to teach them about writing software in industry.

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To appeal to students, assign interdisciplinary projects that allow them to combine programming with work from subjects that interest them.

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Use a variety of teaching styles to keep your students’ attention throughout the duration of the class period.

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Lay out what good programming style consists of for your class to encourage good style and make debugging easier.

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Use cloning software whenever possible so that identical software runs on all lab machines.

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For AP CS courses, consider using the linked Java API that only contains the subset of classes and methods that the AP course uses.

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Use College Board’s AP Central for additional resources (e.g., software, videos, and other teaching material) when teaching AP CS courses.

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Teach students that running tests cannot prove that a code works. It can, however, prove that code is not working.

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Remind students of the relationship between an interface and its implementation to avoid confusion.

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