AP Workshop Computer Science A

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AP WorkshopComputer Science A AB

• Martin Luther King, Jr High School October 29,
  2005
• Don SlaterCarnegie Mellon University
• dslater_at_cmu.edu

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Introductions

• Who we are ?
• Where are we from ?
• What is our background ?
• Currently teaching ?
• Biggest Concern is

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Note Cards

• Write down 3 (more or less)
• Topics you hope are covered
• Questions you hope are answered

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Agenda

• Course Material Overview
• Marine Biology Simulation
• Design
• Exam Design and Grading
• Collections
• Object Oriented Programming
• To be Determined

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Course Overview and Materials
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AP Central

• http // apcentral.collegeboard.com
• Page 355 in the PDWM
• Handout
• Using This Site
• Course Home Pages
• Teaching Tips and Strategies
• Teachers Resources

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Course Description

• Page 83 - 87 of PDWM
• Goals
• Language
• Equipment
• Prerequisites

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Squeak

• KarelJRobot
• Ready to Program
• BlueJ

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Topic Outline

• Page 88 - 93
• Commentary page 89 - 113
• Design
• Implementation
• Analysis
• Data Structures
• Algorithms
• Computing in Context

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Java Subsets

• Page 203 - 210
• Summary pgs 211 - 214
• Input / output
• Relevant but Not Tested material in Summary
• Java 5.0 (pgs 215 - 217)

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Reference Materials

• Computer Science A pages 218 - 219
• Computer Science AB pages 220 - 229
• Supplied to Students when they take the Exam

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The Exam

• Sample Questions - A Exam
• Multiple Choice Pages 115 - 137
• Free Response Pages 138 - 163
• Sample Questions - AB Exam
• Multiple Choice Pages 164 - 180
• Free Response Pages 181 - 202
• Graded Free Response Questions - 2005
• Pages 231 - 348
• Java Multiple Choice (2004 ?) to be released this
  year
• Watch AP Central

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Teachers Resourcses

• Handouts
• Tips and Strategies
• Web Sites
• Electronic Discussion Board
• AP Central
• Sample Syllabi
• Exam Tips
• Articles

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Break!
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Marine Biology Simulation

• Appendix - page 395 - to the end
• PowerPoint Slides
• IntroToMBS.ppt
• Alyce Brady, Kalamazoo College
• Look at the Simulation
• MBS Role Play
• Handouts
• David Levine, Steve Adrianoff, St. Bonaventure U.

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Collections

• The Collections Hierarchy
• Collections.ppt
• Special Focus
• Part II of the PDWM, pages 5 - 82
• Sample Free Response AB Exam
• Question pages 188 - 192
• Suggested Solution pages 201 - 202
• Demonstration Code
• CityMap
• ApprovalVoting

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Lunch!
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Exam Development Grading

• Development Committee
• Page 3
• AP Consultants Readers
• Page 376 - 382
• The Reading
• Grading an Exam
• 2005 Exam AB 3 pages 247 - 249
• Rubric page 266
• Overview page 274
• Student Solutions pages 307 - 309
• Commentary pages 277, 289 - 290

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Design

• Pages 96 - 98
• Sample Free Response A Exam
• Question - pages 150 - 156
• Sample Solution - pages 161 - 163

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Wrap up Evaluations

• My Consultant Code 0379
• Session number 12
• Event Code 3100510291

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Thank You

• Come visit me at CMU in Pittsburgh