Philosphy

Learning to code or use applications requires many practical tasks that are graded in complexity. The textbooks are filled with ACTIVITIES, CHECK POINTS and EXERCISES so that the learner can develop coding or application skills, and with practice move these skills to long term memory.

Due to its abstract nature, coding is difficult to master. The Gogga class creates a visual “bug” that can be programmed to move around the screen. Learners can create patterns and easily correct coding errors. The Googa class is designed to teach inheritance where a more “intelligent” Gogga can be developed. The program below creates a bug object (see the Gogga Grid) and provides methods to move the object to create a rectangle

Computational Thinking creates a methodology for problem solving. Problems can be broken up into sub-problems - "decomposition"; patterns identified - "pattern recognition"; the process repeated for each sub-problem where we zoom into the sub-problem, solve it, and zoom out to move to the next sub-problem - "abstraction"; and the solution represented as a series of steps - "algorithm".