[Year 12 SofDev] Sorting Algorithms, T

[Philip Feain]

Hi Chris

Very impressive. Just about to get students playing with creating some
little sorting and searching tasks.

Cheers

Phil Feain.

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Chris Bucknell <
Chris.Bucknell at haileybury.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> HI All,
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> To go along with Selina’s “timeit” for sorting, I’ve put together a little
> presentation on sorting and searching algorithms which you can assess at:
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> https://mix.office.com/watch/d707khs4twrl
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> Love any comments, suggestions and feedback.
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> Cheers
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> *Chris Bucknell*
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> Head of CDT; Coord, Internal Exam; House Tutor
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> Chris.Bucknell at haileybury.vic.edu.au <%7bemail%7d>
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> *From:* sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Selina Dennis
> *Sent:* Monday, 11 July 2016 11:40 PM
> *To:* Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Year 12 SofDev] Sorting Algorithms, T
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> Hi everyone,
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> I was playing around with the Python package “timeit” as part of teaching
> sorting algorithms and thought I’d send it to the list in the spirit of
> sharing. I don’t suggest running anything bigger than *n*=50000 unless
> you’re willing to wait patiently!  (For interest, *n*=50,000 takes 71
> seconds using selection sort, 0.11 seconds using quicksort)
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> Even if you’re not teaching Python, if you have Python installed on your
> computer you can use it to play around with different *n* values to
> demonstrate algorithm complexity in relation to sort time.
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> I’ve attached the code as a zip file in case .py files are filtered.
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> Thanks,
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> Selina Dennis
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> Strathmore Secondary College
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