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A guide to programming languages for coding in class

Associate Professor James Curran, Director of the Australian Computing Academy and co-founder of Grok Learning, provides some valuable insights and suggestions.

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Year band(s)	3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10
Content type	Article or research
Format	Web page
Core and overarching concepts	Implementation (programming), Impact and interactions
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)	AC9TDI4P04 Implement simple algorithms as visual programs involving control structures and input AC9TDI4P02 Follow and describe algorithms involving sequencing, comparison operators (branching) and iteration AC9TDI6P02 Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration AC9TDI6P05 Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input AC9TDI8P05 Design algorithms involving nested control structures and represent them using flowcharts and pseudocode AC9TDI8P06 Trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors AC9TDI8P09 Implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language AC9TDI10P05 Design algorithms involving logical operators and represent them as flowcharts and pseudocode AC9TDI10P09 Implement, modify and debug modular programs, applying selected algorithms and data structures, including in an object-oriented programming language
Keywords	Coding, programming, Visual programming, Text-based programming, code, Scratch, James Curran
Organisation	Australian Council for Educational Research — ACER
Copyright	2017 Australian Council for Educational Research - ACER