TheAPAuditProcess美国大学先修课程选修程序-Hosted.ppt

Computer Science majors do not look like this! The number of Computer Science has decreased by over 40% in the last decade Many students believe that it is too difficult or not interesting. I hope to give you some ideas and tools to use with your students to change their ideas about Computer Science * CS is well represented on the list of the fastest growing jobs through 2014 * Dr. Lui will be presenting on AP Physics today as well * See page 5 of the booklet * See page 5 of the booklet. It is NOT about memorizing code. * A little history of the AP Computer Science exam * AP Computer Science A contained all of the topics in APCS A but also included linked lists, hash table, and advance sorting algorithms * Mention the possible scores of 5 -- 1 on the exam * See page 6. Consider allocating after school computer lab time if students do not have access in the evenings * See page 11 * Page 8 * Mention Lists and ArrayLists * Time to teach some programming!!! * I am going to teach you some basic object-oriented programming. * There are other actors in the Grid World simulation. “Critter” is just one of them * See Appendix page 56 - * Q A next * Sample Unit Outline Sample Unit Outline Sample Chapter Outline Sample Chapter Outline Outline The state of Computer Science Education 计算机教育现状 Goals and Background of the APCS course 美国大学先修课程中计算机课程的目标和背景 Technology Requirements 科技配置 Structure of the Course 课程结构 / Sample Syllabi 课程大纲范例 / Exploration of Units 单元研究 GridWorld Case Studies 世界网格 案例学习 The Exam and Scoring Rubrics 考试和评分规则 The AP Audit Process 美国大学先修课程选修程序 Question Answer 疑问解答 GridWorld Case Study The GridWorld Case Study is intended to be a substitute for writing a single large program as a culminating project. Due to obvious time restraints during the exam, the GridWorld Case Study is provided to the students prior to the exam. They are expected to be familiar with the classes and interfaces (and how they interact) before taking the exam. Roughly five multip