Questions tagged [branching]
This tag can be appropriately applied to questions on teaching and using `if` and `switch` statements along with similar constructs in other languages.
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What are some good conditional branching excercise scenarios?
I want to get my students to exercise the conditional-branching mind-muscle. [edit: and I need it to be fun/playful]
I will ask them to read pseudo-code, then represent as a branching sketch[^1]. And ...
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Uses of selection in programming (if, switch etc)
I am an experienced programmer that has just started teaching. I am struggling to see how to introduce selection to my programming classes. None of the examples that I have seen so far are good.
I am ...
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Motivating examples for switch/case in Java
Students first see switch/case as a second syntax for if/...
