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To appeal to students, assign interdisciplinary projects that allow them to combine programming with work from subjects that interest them.

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  • Problems with real life applications are usually more interesting to students.
  • Examples of such assignments include:
    • Building an app to help learn the periodic table
    • Creating applets that quiz material from another subject that students can use to study.
    • Offering a choice of assignments with the same principle in different contexts

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  • AP A
  • Interdisciplinary Connections to CS
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Tips from Deborah Power Carter's The College Board’s AP Computer Science Teacher’s Guide.

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Use a variety of teaching styles to keep your students’ attention throughout the duration of the class period.
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