Have students draw a scalable smiley face through programming to motivate the importance of using variables.
Use SRec, a recursion visualization tool, in your introductory Java courses to help students conceptualize the recursive algorithms they write.
Organize an activity where students make phone calls to their classmates with the goal of summing the numbers 1 through 6 in order to demonstrate recursion.
Show students examples of infinite loops in Alice using Do-together and Do-in-order blocks with the goal of furthering students’ understanding and recognition of for loops.
Use the model of Towers of Hanoi in order to help students understand recursion. To demonstrate Towers of Hanoi, use three baby ring-stacking toys and the programming language Alice.