One of the ways that Alice teaches student about returning a value can be seen in how methods, variables and functions work. Methods cannot be dragged into variable values This is because , in Alice, a method is an action and does not return a value. Functions can be dragged into variable values Since functions return a … Continue reading How to Use a Variable and Function in Alice 2 →
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A phrase that you hear a lot in the CS education community is “computational thinking.” Let’s explore what computational thinking is and what it isn’t. The term was first used by Seymour Papert, a well-known figure in CS Ed history as the maker of the Logo programming language. One question that you hear a lot … Continue reading What is Computational Thinking ? →
