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If your school lacks the resources necessary to hold a practice exam, consider talking to a local college or university for help.

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  • AP A
  • AP Computer Science Principles (CSP)
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Tips from Deborah Power Carter’s The College Board’s AP Computer Science Teacher’s Guide.

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Hold regular lab sessions to ensure that you can given students immediate feedback as they code.
Have students sort specific topics in computer science into broader categories in an activity that uses index cards to give them a big-picture understanding of concepts they are learning.
Introduce a (sometimes silly) back-story for why students need to write particular methods to motivate them and see how their work might be needed in industry jobs.
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