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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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  • Some strategies include:
    • Using toys to demonstrate abstract concepts
    • Acting it out/role-playing
    • Using students with random numbers to demonstrate sorting algorithms
    • Algorithm animation websites

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  • AP A
  • Development Methods
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Tips from Deborah Power Carter The College Board’s AP Computer Science Teacher’s Guide.

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