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Learning Primary Programming with Scratch (Home Learning Book Years 5-6).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bagge, Phil.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scratch (Computer program language).
- Computer programming.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (60 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : University of Buckingham Press, The, 2022.
- Summary:
- Phil Bagge's 'Scratch Home Learning Book Years 5-6' is a comprehensive guide designed for children aged 10-12 and their home educators to collaboratively learn programming using Scratch. Building on prior knowledge from an earlier book for ages 7-9, it requires a partnership between child and educator, emphasizing active participation and comprehension of code. The book introduces key programming concepts such as loops, conditional selections, variables, and procedures through a combination of offline role-play and online activities. It aims to develop problem-solving skills by encouraging children to predict, analyze, and modify code independently. The book is supported by a home educator's section that provides answers, hints, and strategies to avoid learned helplessness in students. It stresses the importance of process over outcome and fosters resilience by framing coding errors as opportunities for debugging and learning. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- About these book
- Prior Knowledge needed
- Resources Needed
- Ages
- Symbols
- Helping children who are stuck
- Chapter One
- Revisiting the learning from Book
- Chapter Two
- Introducing Condition-Starts-Action
- Making Choices
- Chapter Three
- Introducing condition-ends-loop
- Playing Catch
- Chapter Four
- Introducing condition-switches-between-actions
- Pico & Terra
- Chapter Five
- Introducing Conditions inside loops
- Balloon Pop
- Chapter Six
- Revising Count-controlled-loops using shape
- Introducing basic procedures
- Shape Procedures
- Chapter Seven Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bagge, Phil Learning Primary Programming with Scratch (Home Learning Book Years 5-6)
- ISBN:
- 9781915054197
- OCLC:
- 1348488793
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