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PeterBooth
09-12-2008, 06:50 AM
Greetings all!
I'm a hs math teacher who suddenly finds himself teaching a CS class. Long story (very) short, I haven't programmed since 1983 and now I'm trying to teach 21 hs seniors how to program. We are using Joel Adams' "Alice in Action with Java" and I'm wondering if anyone has created any supporting materials. I know abotu the stuff from the publisher (powerpoints, tests, lesson notes, etc) but what I'm looking for is some kind of rubric or grading ideas for the the end-of-chapter projects.

I actually emailed Joel and he said that he didn't have anything, but suggested this forum as a possible place to look for other teachers who may have created scoring/grading rubrics/documents. So, here I am. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? :-)

Thanks,
Peter Booth
Champlain Valley Union High School.
Hinesburg, Vermont

alicefan
10-23-2008, 11:51 AM
Hi Peter,
The Gaddis book comes with a lot of supplementary materials.
http://www.kidslike.info/alice_book_by_tony_gaddis_best_for_teaching_progra mming_in_a_classroom
I don't know if it comes with some kind of rubric for scoring the student assignments.

This page compares various Alice books (plus books for Scratch and other languages)
http://www.kidslike.info/recommended_books_teaching_kids_programming
Maybe one of the books on this page come with some kind of rubric.