Lesson 4.05: Debugging and Quiz

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to...

• Read and understand longer programs involving loops
• Demonstrate their knowledge of looping, lists, and nested loops/lists
• Debug programs involving for loops and lists

Materials/Preparation

• Quiz
• Lab - Debugging Practice
• Coding Example
• Read through the quiz, lesson, and lab so that you are familiar with the requirements and can assist students
• Go through the quiz and create an answer key & scoring rubric

Pacing Guide

Instructor's Notes

1. Quiz
   • Have students start working on the Quiz.
2. Lesson
   • Talk about how to read code in a loop (you can use something of your choice or the provided Coding Example)
   • Go over debugging practices for loops.
     • Use print statements throughout the code to show where error is.
     • Alter input to make sure body of loop is working correctly.
     • Make sure lists don't go out of bounds/past the end of the list.
3. Lab
   • This lab will have students start by reading code and looking for errors while not at the computer.
   • After reading through the code they can practice the debugging practices mentioned on the computer to correct the programs.
4. Debrief
   • Discuss as a class what was most helpful in debugging, highlight those practices throughout the upcoming project.

Accommodation/Differentiation

Make sure to provide extended time on the quiz for any students that have that requirement in an IEP or 504 plan.