Tentative Schedule.

Week 1

Tuesday

Preparation

Read the lessons ``Creating Your First Program'' and ``Taking a Closer Look at C++'' in the book

Activities

1:15-1:30

Why program? Organize.

1:30-2:00

``Hello World'' experiments.

2:00-2:15

Fill out activity sheet.

2:15-2:30

Mail ``Hello World'' program to instructor.

Wednesday

Preparation

Before class, read the lessons ``Writing Messages to Your Screen'', ``Programs Store Information in Variables'', ``Performing Simple Operations'', and ``Reading Keyboard Input'' in the book.

Activities

2:00-2:30

``Basic Programming'' examples.

2:30-3:00

Fill out the critical thinking questions.

3:00-5:00

Complete the ``Basic Programming'' activity.

Thursday

Preparation

Before class, read the lessons ``Teaching Your Program to Make Decisions'' and ``Repeating One or More Statements'' in the book.

Activities

1:15-1:45

``Basic Programming'' discussion

1:45-2:30

``Structured Programming'' examples.

Week 2

Tuesday

Preparation

Before class, reread the lessons ``Teaching Your Program to Make Decisions'' and ``Repeating One or More Statements'' in the book.

Activities

1:15-1:45

``Structured Programming'' examples.

1:45-2:30

``Structured Programming'' activity.

Wednesday

Preparation

Before class, reread the lessons ``Teaching Your Program to Make Decisions'' and ``Repeating One or More Statements'' in the book.

Activities

2:00-5:00

Complete the ``Structured Programming'' activity.

Thursday

Preparation

Before class, read the lesson ``Getting Started With Functions'', skim through the lesson ``Changing Parameter Values'', and read the lesson ``Using C++ References'' in the book. (What you need to know about these lessons is what has been discussed in class. See the notes on the course web page.)

Activities

1:15-2:00

``Modular Programming'' examples.

2:00-2:30

``Modular Programming'' activity.

Week 3

Tuesday

Preparation

Before class, reread the lesson ``Getting Started With Functions'', skim through the lesson ``Changing Parameter Values'', and read the lesson ``Using C++ References'' in the book.

Activities

1:15-2:30

``Modular Programming'' activity.

Wednesday

Preparation

Before class, reread the lesson ``Getting Started With Functions'', skim through the lesson ``Changing Parameter Values'', and read the lesson ``Using C++ References'' in the book.

Activities

2:00-5:00

``Modular Programming'' activity.

Thursday

Preparation

Before class, read the lessons ``Storing Multiple Values in Arrays'', ``Understanding Character Strings'', and ``Starting with C++ Classes'' in the book.

Activities

1:15-2:30

``Object-Oriented Programming'' examples.

Week 4

Tuesday

Preparation

Before class, reread the lessons ``Storing Multiple Values in Arrays'', ``Understanding Character Strings'', and ``Starting with C++ Classes'' in the book.

Activities

1:15-2:30

``Object Oriented Programming'' activity.

Wednesday

Preparation

Before class, reread the lessons ``Storing Multiple Values in Arrays'', ``Understanding Character Strings'', and ``Starting with C++ Classes'' in the book.

Activities

2:00-5:00

Complete the ``Object Oriented Programming'' activity.

Thursday

Preparation

Before class, examine the multiple choice questions in all 5 assignment that you do not understand.

Activities

1:15-...

Question session about the multiple choice questions.

...-2:30

``Final Program'' examples

Week 5

Tuesday

Activities

1:15-2:30

``Final Program'' activity.

Wednesday

Preparation

Before class, examine the multiple choice questions in all 5 assignment that you do not understand.

Activities

2:00-5:00

Finish ``Final Program'' activity.

Thursday

Preparation

Make sure you understand all multiple choice questions in all 5 activities.

Activities

1:15-2:30

Multiple choice test.