Introducing basic programming to pre-university students: A successful initiative in Singapore

• Main Authors: MOK, Heng Ngee, RAMACHANDRA RAO, Vandana
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Programming; Curriculum Development; Computer Science Education; Student Outreach; Flipped Classroom; Blended Learning; Asian Studies; Programming Languages and Compilers
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4074; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/5077/viewcontent/ITHET_paper.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

“Let’s Code!” is an intensive 3-week basic programming course that aims to formally expose pre-university students in Singapore to programming. This course was conducted in blended-learning format, and included lecture videos, self-check quizzes, video conferences, meet-up tutorials and take-home programming assignments. The authors hope to capture the experience gained from running this course for educators who intend to implement similar courses in the future. Besides a detailed description of this course, significant changes that were made based on feedback from participants and members of the teaching team are documented here.