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Bringing Algorithms to Life: Cooperative Computing Activities Using Students as Processors.

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Bachelis, Gregory F.; And Others – School Science and Mathematics, 1994

Presents cooperative computing activities in which each student plays the role of a switch or processor and acts out algorithms. Includes binary counting, finding the smallest card in a deck, sorting by selection and merging, adding and multiplying large numbers, and sieving for primes. (16 references) (Author/MKR)

Descriptors: Algorithms, Class Activities, Computer Science Education, Computers

The Shuttle Puzzle: A Lesson in Problem Solving.

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Gray, John S. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1998

Describes use of the little-known Shuttle Puzzle in computer programming to elucidate the process of analyzing a problem and synthesizing observations into an algorithm that can be used to generate a programming solution. The process used to solve the problem reflects one that an expert uses. The method could be adapted for small-group cooperative…

Descriptors: Algorithms, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning