[K12OSN] Programming Aptitude Assessment

[Daniel Bodanske]

Exactly. Pseudocode is the proper way to judge whether a person
understands the method to solve a problem. You need to look at both
the big picture and the person's attention to detail.

Turing machines were commonly used in my into CS course in 19-blah-blah.

Dan

On 6/22/07, Kemp, Levi <lnkemp at bolivar.k12.mo.us> wrote:
> Why can't you just test them on the problem, not the syntax. They should know how to solve it using basic if/then, while, etc... I took programming at that level and the instructor just basically handed out what appeared to be an assignment, but you didn't have to worry about using proper syntax, just the right order of things.
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> Levi
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> >From another Educators  list
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> >Can anyone suggest a good programming aptitude test that could be used
> >to assess the suitability of Year 10, 11 and 12 students for our
> >Programming course?
> >We are particularly wanting to test logical thinking.
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> Anyone able to help?
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> Cheers
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