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  • Teaching primary programming with Scratch: Research informed methods

    I have written a book that you will be interested in. This is titled Teaching primary programming with Scratch: Research informed methods.

    It examines concepts, different pedagogies, processes and ways to support pupils. It has examples of pupils’ work and was written to help non-specialists understand teaching programming better.

    It is a unique publication as it has been commissioned by HIAS but produced and published by the University of Buckingham press. Any profits that the book makes will go into writing new computing books or revising this one.

    It is easily the best thing I have ever written and I am sure you will find it useful when deciding how to teach programming and what to teach.

    To take advantage of the Hampshire school exclusive discount code: HIAS25 and purchase the book at the special price of £17.99 (RRP £24.99).

    Order your copy here: https://legendbookshop.com/products/teaching-primary-programming-with-scratch-teacher-book.


    Topics covered in the book:

    Concepts:
    • Simple sequence
    • Repetition
    • Conditional selection
    • Variables
    • Procedures
    • Algorithms
    • Decomposition.






    		 Pedagogy:
    • Concept before coding
    • Code comprehension first
    • Predict
    • Investigate
    • Modify
    • Create
    • Design
    • Faded examples
    • Guided discovery
    • I build you build
    • Parsons
    • Paired programming
    • Processes.
    		 Processes:
    • Progression
    • Collaboration
    • Debugging
    • Evaluation
    • More than one method
    • Modularisation and sub-goal labelling
    • Flow of control
    • Variability
    • Assessment.



    		 More support:
    • Concrete to explain abstract
    • Trace and explain
    • More clues
    • Read aloud
    • Support cards.

    • Learning Primary Programming with Scratch - Home Learning Books


      To take advantage of the Hampshire school exclusive discount code at checkout: HIAS25, and purchase the book at the special price of £5.99 (RRP £7.99).

       

      Learning Primary Programming with Scratch (Home Learning Book Years 3-4)

      This book has been devised for children of KS2 (Year 3 and 4) age to learn programming outside of school.

      It contains a series of programming projects that gradually introduce children to algorithm design, evaluation and generalisation. Children will learn how to use sequence and repetition through becoming creators of a wide variety of programming projects. Maths, literacy, humanities, gaming and music are all put to the test. Read the short introduction to find out more.

      The Scratch programming language, widely recognised in schools, is freely accessible online or as a download and is the ideal place to begin programming.

      Hampshire school exclusive discount code at checkout: HIAS25

      Learning Primary Programming with Scratch (Home Learning Book Years 3- – Legend Bookshop

      Learning Primary Programming with Scratch (Home Learning Book Years 5-6)

      Devised for children of KS2 (Year 5 and 6) age to learn programming outside of school.

      It contains a series of programming projects that gradually introduce children to algorithm design, evaluation and generalisation. Children will learn how to use selection, procedures and variables through becoming creators of a wide variety of programming projects. Maths, literacy, humanities, gaming and music are all put to the test. Read the short introduction to find out more.

      The Scratch programming language, widely recognised in schools, is freely accessible online or as a download and is the ideal place to begin programming.

      Hampshire school exclusive discount code at checkout: HIAS25

      Learning Primary Programming with Scratch (Home Learning Book Years 5- – Legend Bookshop


      • Teaching Primary Programming with Scratch Pupil Book Year 3-6

        Hampshire school exclusive discount code at checkout: HIAS25









        These books, classroom-tested and perfected by Phil Bagge through his website code-it.co.uk and published in conjunction with Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Service (HIAS), aid teachers in providing Key Stage 2 pupils with an exciting and challenging computer science curriculum.

        They can be used to supplement existing programming modules or as a complete KS2 computer science program of study. They contain a series of programming projects that gradually introduce pupils to algorithm design and evaluation, generalisation and decomposition. Pupils will learn how to use sequence, repetition, selection and variables through becoming creators of a wide variety of programming projects. Maths, literacy, humanities, gaming, music and control skills are all put to the test.

        There are four pupil workbooks to provide structure, resources and home learning links. These are designed to work in conjunction with the teacher book. In addition, there are also two home learning books that have been devised for children to learn programming outside of school. A growing bank of online videos are also available, designed to help teachers improve their own skills and take full advantage of the cross-curricular benefits of developing depth in programming.

        The Scratch programming language, widely recognised in schools, is freely accessible online or as a download and is the ideal place to begin programming.