Meetings 26SP

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Week 1 ¶

Wednesday ¶

• Overview slides
  • Welcome
  • Why computing (and can’t AI do it all?)
  • Support available
• Brief example: logistic map
• POGIL 1.1 together

Thursday ¶

• Lab 1
  • 1.A: “Hello, world” (print, ZyLabs workflow)
  • 1.B: Squares (input, variables)
  • 1.C: Star (turtle)

Checklist before you leave:

• Each partner has submitted a full version of each section.
• You’ve celebrated writing your (first?) interesting programs!

You might want to start on the homework too! Hints:

0. Start with something you know works… like your star.
1. pen.penup()
2. You don’t have to use forward() and right(); you can also use pen.goto()

Also finish Reading 1 and work on Forum 1 and Quiz 1 if you haven’t yet.

Friday ¶

• Lab review
• POGIL 1.2
• POGIL 1.3

Upcoming:

• Quiz 1 (survey)
• Homework 1
• Forum 1
• Reading 2 (Monday)

Week 2 ¶

Monday ¶

• Logistics reminders:
  • Reading 2 due tonight
  • Homework 1 due tomorrow (instructions and submit on ZyBooks)
  • Forum 1 due tomorrow (introduce yourselves, initial response to a video)
  • Week 1 Reflections due tonight
  • Quiz 1 (survey) should be done
• Reminder of support available
  • Study Sessions M/R 7-9pm SB337
  • In-Class Code folder on Moodle
  • CodeHelp
• Intro to retrieval practice (presentation on Moodle)
• Retrieval Quiz 2.1 (on Moodle)
• POGIL 2.1 and 2.3 (skip 2.2) in teams

Wednesday ¶

• AI policy and motivation
• Logistics reminders
  • Readings 1 and 2 should be done by now. (Did you do Participation exercises?)
  • Quiz 1 and Forum 1 should be done by now (let me know if you’ve missed)
  • Office Hours times
• Retrieval Quiz 2.2 (on Moodle)
• POGIL 2.2 in teams (15 min); if finished, review POGIL 2.1 and 2.3
• Reviewing POGIL 2.1 and 2.3 (10 min)
• Slides 2 (20 min)

Thursday ¶

Lab 2:

• 2.A: Expressions Practice
• 2.B: Number Puzzle
• 2.C: Regular n-gon
• 2.D (optional): scalable stick figure

Friday ¶

• Logistics reminders
  • Reading 3: Monday
  • Week 2 Reflections: Monday
  • Homework 2: Tuesday
  • Forum 2: initial posts due Tuesday
  • Quiz 2 next Friday
• Retrieval Quiz 2.3
• Lab review
  • Code style for number puzzle
  • ngons: how did that code work?
  • turtle.circle vs pen.circle
• Break: SIGCHI
• Slides 2
  • identity, value and type
  • int() and float()
  • binary representations
    • Python.org article on floating point
    • this is part of the useful Python tutorial
  • escape characters
  • limits of int and float

Week 3 ¶

Objectives this week:

• Main objectives
  • Distinguish sequence types from other types
  • Use and recognize string concatenation
  • Create and manipulate lists
  • Use basic list methods and functions including: append(); pop(); remove(); + for concatenation; len(); min(); max(); sum().
  • Compare and contrast string, lists, tuples vs. dictionaries
  • Create and manipulate dictionaries (add new entries, update values, remove entries)
  • Explain how numeric and string data can be represented in a machine
  • Explain how fixed-length number representations affect accuracy and precision.
  • Compare representations of integers to floating point numbers
  • Describe underflow, overflow, round off, and truncation errors in data representations.
• Others
  • Use square brackets to index into a string
  • Be able to convert numbers between base 2 (binary) and base 10 (decimal)
  • Use the math module to perform calculations

Monday ¶

• Retrieval Quiz 3.1
• Logistics reminders
  • Reading 3: tonight
  • Week 2 Reflections: tonight
  • Forum 2: initial posts due tomorrow
  • Homework 2: week from tomorrow
  • Quiz 2 Friday. Format: questions like
    1. The following code is intended to something, exactly as we did in some class/lab/homework exercise. But it does not work as intended. (1) Circle one error, (2) Describe what is wrong (in a short phrase), and (3) Rewrite the code to fix that error.
    2. Give the value of the following Python expressions when evaluated in the Shell. (If an error would occur, describe what error occurs and why.)
    3. Suppose x = some expression. Which of the following would print some value? (circle one letter)
    4. Which of the following is the best definition of term from Unit 1 or Unit 2 list of terms
    5. Fill in the blanks so that the program below prints something.
• POGIL 3 in teams
  • Model 1 (Lists, 10 min)
  • Model 2 (Sequences, 15 min)
  • Model 3 (Dictionaries, 20 min)
• Review

Wednesday ¶

• Retrieval Quiz 3.2 (and finishing 3.1 if needed)
• Logistics reminders
  • Quiz 2 IN CLASS Friday. Review the readings, POGILs, slides, retrieval quizzes, etc.
• Slides 3
  • Assignment statements vs item assignment statements

Thursday ¶

• Lab 3.A: types practice
• Lab 3.B: login id (string operations)
• Lab 3.C: sorting (list operations, algorithms)
• Lab 3.D: scores (dictionary operations)

Friday ¶

• Logistics reminders
  • see the Moodle Calendar
  • Quiz 2 IN CLASS today
  • Reflection 3 due Monday
  • Forum 2 revised posts due Tuesday
• Retrieval Quiz 3.3
• Lab code review
• Slides: data structures review; is tech neutral?
• Quiz 2