Curriculum Project

The purpose of this page is to provide access to the components of my Curriculum Project developed during the final course of my MEd in Technology Education, ITEC 9500 course. The curriculum is to be used in teaching a course entitled "How to Think Like a Programmer".

Ideally, the course will be taught to students in their freshman year immediately after they opt to join the Programming and Web Development techical area within a Chapter 74 Vocational Program as defined by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

This course is intended to provide students with the fundamental background, knowledge and skills to embark upon a course of study in computer programming. There are six key areas upon which the course will be focused. Each unit is anticipated to take approximately two weeks to complete.

The units are:
      Unit 1 - Math Skills
      Unit 2 - Solving Math Word Problems
      Unit 3 - Logic and Reasoning Skills
      Unit 4 - Developing Programming Algorithms
      Unit 5 - Flowcharts and Pseudocode
      Unit 6 - Developing Computer Programs

Follow the links below in order to examine the course outline, scope and sequence, as well as, some samples of the materials to be used in teaching the course.

Course Outline and Scope and Sequence


Documents and Web Links