AP CSA
Now that students are done with their re-takes, I put up anchor posters around the classroom to detail what we have been working on. I got this idea from working with Upperline and can totally see why this technique helps students (and myself) process the content.I planned out what posters I wanted and what they should generally look like and then my TA did a killer job making the color pop. Here are some of the posters:
For our next unit, I am going to put up new anchor posters at the beginning to help students WHILE they are working on the content.
We did another "unplugged" warm-up today with hand written code. I am trying to really force students to format their code better (in addition to making sure it is accurate).
I think I could probably give my students a clearer list of all the methods they need to use, but at the same time I want them to get used to reading documentation... I could give them a list of method names and that would at least make reading the documentation easier.
In my third hour, I walked through one of the labs with students... but I think I need to do that with all my hours. At least putting in comments would be helpful for students to hear how I think through the problem.
AP CSP
I had students do the "encode an experience" project today. I gave them one hour to do it, and honestly, students who really applied themselves could get it done in one hour. I had a lot of students not apply themselves so much - they did not finish.Concepts
Students had their third and final re-take on systems of equations. I have noticed 90% of the reason why students cannot solve a system is because of simple algebra mistakes (PEMDAS, like terms, negative signs, etc.) This is frustrating for them AND me. I actually gave students the correct answer for three of the questions on the test and asked them to show their work to get there.
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