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                                                   COMPUTER MATHEMATICS/
                Business Technology                      BASIC PROGRAMMING                                                                      9-12
                Curriculum Standard One:  The student will demonstrate knowledge of programming concepts, syntax, logic, and appropriate
                                              structure for problem solving via programs where he/she is the author.
                         Performance Objective                            Critical Attributes                       Benchmarks/Assessment
                1.  The student will explore and properly     A.  Can the student choose appropriate        •  The student will be given generic
                   use software packages to most                  software solutions and use  correct          problems to solve which require
                   efficiently come to solution of                features of Database, Spreadsheet,           him/her to select the appropriate
                   problems.                                      QBASIC, etc. when attempting a               software tool.
                                                                  problem solution?                         •  The student will write a short essay on
                                                                                                               the functions of each software tool.
                2.  The student will recognize various        A.  Can the student recognize                 •  The student will produce basic program
                   programming languages to use in                characteristics of at least three            solutions using at least three different
                   problem solving.                               programming languages and be able to         source languages.
                                                                  write common programs in each?
                3.  The student will be able to use correct   A.  Can the student use appropriate input     •  The student will produce output by
                   input methods for communicating with           and output devices for given computer        utilizing at least three different input
                   computers and generating proper                applications and uses?                       devices including:  mouse, keyboard,
                   output.                                                                                     robotic interface, scanner, and internet
                                                                                                               imports.
                4.  The student will be able to identify and  A.  Can the student properly punctuate        •  The student will submit programs that
                   use correct syntax in his/her                  programs to the programs executes            demonstrate correct execution when
                   programming efforts.                           error free?                                  demonstrated to peers and teacher.
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                DRAFT
                                                    COMPUTER MATHEMATICS/
                Business Technology                       BASIC PROGRAMMING                                                                       9-12
                          Performance Objective                            Critical Attributes                        Benchmarks/Assessment
                                                                                                              •  The student will complete blind exams
                                                                                                                 (with monitor off) to demonstrate
                                                                                                                 knowledge of correct program
                                                                                                                 assembly without debug on.
                5.  The student will explore and use           A.  Can the student identify and use           •  The student will demonstrate this
                    various programming logic, structures,         appropriate commands in his/her               through each program that is
                    and decision making methods in his/her         attempts to solve programming                 submitted.
                    solution to problems.                          problems?
                                                               B.  Can the student identify and use           •  The student will produce programs
                                                                   branching and subroutines in his/her          which use the “sub” function in
                                                                   attempts to solve problems through            organizing the structure of the solution.
                                                                   his/her programs?                          •  The student will use “if/then/else” and
                                                                                                                 gosub logic in relevant programs.
                                                               C.  Can the student identify and use arrays    •  The student will use second and third
                                                                   in his/her attempts to solve problems         level variables in designing programs
                                                                   through his/her programs?                     with at least a third plan.
                                                               D.  Can the student identify and use string    •  The student will use both numeric and
                                                                   manipulations in his/her attempts to          string variables in appropriate places in
                                                                   solve problems through his/her                programs.
                                                                   programs?
                                                               E.  Can the student identify and use spatial   •  The student will use graphic screen
                                                                   visualization in his/her attempts to          coordinates with the following
                                                                   solve problems through his/her                commands:  locate, circle, line, and
                                                                   programs?                                     paint.
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                                                    COMPUTER MATHEMATICS/
                Business Technology                       BASIC PROGRAMMING                                                                      9-12
                         Performance Objective                            Critical Attributes                         Benchmarks/Assessment
                                                                                                             •   The student will use the following
                                                                                                                 functions in creation of graphic
                                                                                                                 programs: Rnd, Sgn, and Int.
                                                              F.  Can the student identify and use loops     •   The student will produce programs that
                                                                  in his/her attempts to solve                   demonstrate knowledge of “if/then”
                                                                  programming problems?                          and “for/next” loops.
                                                              G.  Can the student identify and use           •   The student will generate solutions
                                                                  functions in his/her attempts to solve         with the following functions being part
                                                                  programming problems?                          of the code:  rnd, int, sqr, sgn, abs.
                                                              H.  Can the student identify and use           •   The student will generate solutions,
                                                                  database functions in his/her attempts         write, open, input, append, and close
                                                                  to solve programming problems?                 commands.
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                                                    COMPUTER MATHEMATICS/
                Business Technology                       BASIC PROGRAMMING                                                                      9-12
                Curriculum Standard Two:  The student will be able to utilize his/her own programs to demonstrate problem solving
                                              techniques with sound logic and industry acceptable format.
                         Performance Objective                            Critical Attributes                         Benchmarks/Assessment
                1.  The student will explore industry         A.  Can the student locate and identify        •   The student will research QBASIC
                    standards through research of existing        industry standard formatting and               programs and match syntax, logic, and
                    programs.                                     syntax from research?                          documentation practices with his/her
                                                                                                                 own work.
                2.  The student will study and implement      A.  Can the student identify all flowchart     •   The student will produce a flowchart
                    flow chart logic suing standard               symbols and directional indicators?            for a program that mirrors his/her
                    flowcharting methods.                                                                        program code for a given solution.
                                                              B.  Can the student identify correct           •   The student will create Venn and
                                                                  decision making structure when                 Boolean appendices to a program.
                                                                  flowcharting?
                3.  The student will write programs which     A.  Can the student transfer flowchart         •   The student will write a program that
                    mirror his/her flowcharts in logic and        structure and logic into code using            mirrors his/her flowchart both
                    structure.                                    standard loops and commands?                   sequentially and dimensionally.
                4.  The student will solve multi-level        A.  Can the student produce modular            •   The student will utilize sub-routines to
                    problems using standard sequential and        programming code?                              segment his/her programs where more
                    subordinate logic formats.                                                                   than one potential module exists.
                                                              B.  Can the student create sequential          •   The student will write programs using
                                                                  programming code that does not jump            standard loops and conditional
                                                                  around unnecessarily?                          branching without the “go to”
                                                                                                                 command.
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