CS 1

Combat stereotypes about computer science and computer scientists. This shows students that, regardless of their personality or other hobbies outside of CS, they could become computer scientists too!

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Ask students to consider which objects in the room are computers to further their understanding of what computing is. Use the phrasing "What different Computers do you see".

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Split students into groups responsible for programming different tasks in Java to create a Set game, this will allow them to learn to distributed work in environments that mirror industry.

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Have students complete CodeLab’s practice exercises to improve their skills in Python, Java, C++, or other programming languages.

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Send students on an online scavenger hunt to find pieces of information on the internet so they learn different ways of retrieving data.

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Misconception: Students think that arrays start at 1 instead of 0.

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Demonstrate manipulating primitives with operators before manipulating them with methods so students can understand the basics of primitives before using them in a more complicated way.

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Have students think about a reference to an object as a numeric memory address to help them understand how passing references works.

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Misconception: Students confuse static and final variables in Java.

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Use constructive and well-formed examples, like Quicksort, to teach recursion so that students have a strong model for building their own solutions.

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