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<p class="MsoPlainText">Hi Peter,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">There are not really a list of key programming skills. The skill is "use appropriate processing features of the programming languages".
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<p class="MsoPlainText">I definitely included:
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</span></span></span><![endif]>basic maths calculations<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>concatenating strings<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>inputs and outputs<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>for statements<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>'repeat until' versus 'while'.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I’ve probably forgotten something. If you haven’t already, glance through the 2011 and 2012 exam. The pseudocode questions give a bit of an idea of what they must know.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Heath Matheson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Mount Beauty Secondary College <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Langham, Peter P<br>
Sent: Wednesday, 10 April 2013 8:17 PM<br>
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] U3O2 - Programming skills</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Hi guys,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I'm teaching Software Development for the first time and would appreciate some wisdom from those more experienced.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">In the study design, I can see that I need to cover data types, arrays, records and files.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">But I can't find anything about other skills, general mathematical calculations, If statements, While loops, For loops etc.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Is there a list of key skills whilst we're programming?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I don't want to miss anything that could be on an exam. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Thanks. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Peter Langham<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Narre Warren South P-12 College<o:p></o:p></p>
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