Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators - Nested If Statements and Compound Conditionals Coursera

Overview

How could you program a complex "choose your own adventure" game?  How can your soccer game determine goals, balls out of bounds, and corner kicks?  You'll learn to do both of these in this course!

This Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators - Nested If Statements and Compound Conditionals offered by Coursera in partnership with UC San Diego teaches the concepts of nested if/else statements and compound Boolean conditional expressions.

Key facts

• For each concept, we'll start by helping you connect real-world experiences you are already familiar with to the programming concept you are about to learn.

• Next, through a cognitively scaffolded process we'll engage you in developing your fluency with problem solving with nested if/else statements and compound conditionals in a way that keeps frustration at a minimum.  

• Along the way you will learn about the common challenges or "bugs" students have with these concepts as well as ways to help them find and fix those concepts.  You'll also be guided in running classroom discussions to help students develop deeper understanding of these concepts.

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