This course is part of the Learn to Teach Java Specialization

Beth Simon

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Learn to Teach Java SpecializationUniversity of California San Diego

About this Course

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Learn to program with Boolean Expressions, If Statement, and For and While Loops in Java, and prepare to teach others using the free, online interactive CS Awesome textbook.  In this course for teachers we'll guide you both in learning Java concepts and skills but also in how to effectively teach those to your students.
This course will support you in teaching the Advanced Placement Computer Science A course or a similar introductory university-level programming course.  We'll cover the critical Java concepts of selection (if statements) and iteration (loops), as covered in the APCS A Units 3 and 4.  Each topic will begin by relating Java to block-based programming languages and then provide video overviews of CS Awesome content along with additional materials to supplement learning for your students.  

You'll engage with additional materials to support your teaching including "deep dive" classroom discussion questions, assessment overviews, code tracing and problem solving skills for your students, including preparation for free response coding questions.

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Approx. 18 hours to complete

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Subtitles: English

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Beginner Level

Approx. 18 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English

Instructor

Beth Simon

Teaching Professor

Education Studies

13,707 Learners

21 Courses

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University of California San Diego

UC San Diego is an academic powerhouse and economic engine, recognized as one of the top 10 public universities by U.S. News and World Report. Innovation is central to who we are and what we do. Here, students learn that knowledge isn't just acquired in the classroom—life is their laboratory.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

29 minutes to complete

Welcome!

Meet Dr. Simon and fellow learners in this class! Find out what you’ll be doing and learning.

29 minutes to complete

2 videos (Total 11 min), 2 readings

2 videos

Welcome!3m

Optional: Welcome to the Learn to Teach Java Specialization7m

2 readings

Make an Account on these Sites15m

Using Googledocs in this Course3m

5 hours to complete

Boolean Expressions and If Statements (Unit 3): Learn as a Student

Programs would be very boring (and not useful) if they always performed the same instructions every time we ran them. We'll see how boolean expressions can be sued to control selection (if statements) to allow instructions be done based on some condition (e.g, randomness or user input). Using CS Awesome, we'll learn to create boolean expressions including logical AND and OR operators and how to use these to control if statements to allow programs to check conditions to vary behavior.

5 hours to complete

17 videos (Total 144 min)

17 videos

From Block to Text: Boolean Expressions and If Statements12m

Boolean Expressions8m

Programming Challenge: Prime Numbers5m

If Statements and Control Flow14m

Optional: Advanced/Differentiated Problem for 3.25m

Programming Challenge: Magic 8 Ball6m

Two-way Selection: If-else Statements10m

Programming Challenge: 20 Questions6m

Multi-selection: else-if Statements9m

Programming Challenge: Adventure6m

Compound Boolean Expressions12m

Programming Challenge: Truth Tables6m

Equivalent Boolean Expressions6m

Programming Challenge: Truth Tables (AGAIN!)9m

Comparing Objects12m

FAST: Programming Challenge: Tracing Code4m

Magpie Chat Lab (Recommendation: Skip It)6m

7 practice exercises

CS Awesome 3.116m

CS Awesome 3.219m

CS Awesome 3.319m

CS Awesome 3.417m

CS Awesome 3.526m

CS Awesome 3.630m

CS Awesome 3.715m

Week

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Boolean Expressions and If Statements (Unit 3): Teacher Powerup

This week we'll go deeper and engage with some resources to support your teaching. You'll explore some questions to use in classroom analysis discussions (Peer Instruction), learn how these concepts are commonly assessed, prepare to help students who are having trouble with CS Awesome assessments, and begin to scaffold students problem solving skills. Finally, you can check your own Unit 3 Java and Java Teacher mastery on our end of Unit 3 quizzes.

4 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 68 min), 5 readings, 3 quizzes

7 videos

Classroom Discussions: Teacher Guide Part 110m

Classroom Discussions: Teacher Guide Part 29m

Teaching Code Tracing9m

Assessment Options Part 110m

Assessment Options Part 210m

Developing Problem Solving Skills Part 15m

Developing Problem Solving Skills Part 211m

5 readings

Optional: Read me if you haven't used Perusall for Classroom Discussions before

What is rubber duck debugging?10m

Examples: Code Tracing Videos for Students15m

How to adapt CodingBat questions for Unit 315m

Helping Students Debug5m

2 practice exercises

Unit 3 Java Mastery Quiz26m

Unit 3 Teacher Mastery Quiz25m

Week

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Iteration (Unit 4): Learn as a Student

Iteration, the power to repeat a set of instructions, is where the full power of computing comes from. Really, without it, we wouldn't have computers. Using CS Awesome, we'll learn to define conditional (while) and counted (for) loops and start to see the kind of more interesting things we can do with loops!

4 hours to complete

19 videos (Total 152 min)

19 videos

Block to Text: Iteration Part 19m

Block to Text: Iteration Part 213m

While Loops Part 111m

While Loops Part 26m

While Loops Part 37m

Optional Extra: Indenting and Grading1m

Programming Challenge: Guessing Game (a really good one!)10m

For Loops12m

Programming Challenge: Turtles Drawing Shapes2m

Loops and Strings Intro (4.3)8m

For Loops and Strings (4.3.2)15m

While Loops and Strings: Parsons' Remove a (4.3.1)6m

While Loops and Strings: Find and Replace (4.3.1)8m

Programming Challenge: String Replacement Cats and Dogs4m

Nested Loops10m

Programming Challenge: Turtle Snowflakes5m

Loop Analysis (& Tracing)5m

Tracing Demos 4.57m

Tracing Demos 4.5 Programming Challenge5m

5 practice exercises

CS Awesome 4.128m

CS Awesome 4.224m

CS Awesome 4.3

CS Awesome 4.424m

CS Awesome 4.530m

Week

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Iteration (Unit 4): Teacher Powerup

This week we'll go deeper and engage with some resources to support your teaching. You'll explore some questions to use in classroom analysis discussions (Peer Instruction) and learn how these concepts are commonly assessed. This Unit we have a large number of resources not found in CS Awesome to help students understand how they can use the Java concepts we've learned to solve some real-world problems. Finally, you can check your own Unit 4 Java and Java Teacher mastery on our end of Unit 4 quizzes.

4 hours to complete

15 videos (Total 113 min), 2 readings, 3 quizzes

15 videos

Classroom Discussions: Teacher Guide Part 110m

Classroom Discussions: Teacher Guide Part 27m

(More) Code Tracing6m

Assessment Options Part 18m

Assessment Options Part 29m

English Descriptions: A Software Developer Skill3m

Loops: Free-Response Question Overview4m

Problem Solving: Gathering9m

Problem Solving: Counting - Part 16m

Problem Solving: Counting - Part 210m

Problem Solving: Checking - Part 17m

Problem Solving: Checking - Part 27m

Problem Solving: Checking - Part 37m

Problem Solving: Most Wanted - Part 16m

Problem Solving: Most Wanted - Part 28m

2 readings

Classroom Discussion Code Tracing Videos for Students26m

Agile Development in 5 minutes12m

2 practice exercises

Unit 4 Java Mastery Quiz25m

Unit 4 Teacher Mastery Quiz30m

About the Learn to Teach Java Specialization

Learn to teach introductory Java -- with a focus on the new Advanced Placement Computer Science A curriculum. Preview the CS Awesome curriculum with overview videos to help you prepare for class efficiently. Learn teaching tips and access supporting materials from an expert in CS education with 15+ years experience including advice on teaching debugging, code tracing (for answering multiple choice questions) and problem solving patterns. Complete activities specifically designed for teachers and create materials you can use in your classroom.

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Learn to Teach Java: Boolean Expressions, If Statements, and Iteration