Beloit Experience in Computer Science (BECS) Materials

Fall 2005

The programming exercises are done in Alice.

Solutions and peer leader materials are not generally available. If you are interested in these materials then contact Steven Huss-Lederman at huss@beloit.edu.

• Week 1: Introduction and Storyboards/simple Alice programming
• Week 2: Compression, programming & number bases
• Week 3: Working in groups and integrate objects created
• Week 4: CS concept map & logical reasoning
• Week 5: Alice programming/program design & Boolean expressions
• Week 6: Verifying code & Boolean expressions
• Week 7: Logic/trees & loops
• Week 8: Recursion
• Week 9: Lists in Alice

Fall 2006

• Week 1: Introduction, algorithm & Alice programming
• Week 2: Code verification, concept map & listen/talker
• Week 3: Working in groups and integrate objects created
• Week 4 logical reasoning & Alice clock
• Week 5: Logical reasoning & Alice lists

Fall 2007

These materials will be forthcoming. Note that all students will be doing peer-led instruction during class time so the BECS sessions will be somewhat different than in the past.