Programming: Think Like a Computer Scientist
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- Course level: All Levels
About Course
Raspberry Pi FoundationDescription
Find out what else you can do with Python
On this course, you’ll explore Python programming at an intermediate level.
You’ll discover how to break down problems into smaller parts, and then design and apply algorithms to data. You’ll also explore list structures and their various uses.
Ultimately, what you learn will build upon your foundational Python skills – preparing you to progress onto more advanced programming.
Who will you learn with?
James is an experienced Computer Science teacher who runs the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s teacher training Programme called Picademy. He still plays with LEGO and drinks lots of tea.
Laura creates and maintains Raspberry Pi educational resources. Aside from computers, she loves cats, cakes, board games and making jam.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation works to put the power of digital making into the hands of people all over the world, so they are capable of understanding and shaping our increasingly digital world.
What Will I Learn?
- Produce your own functions to break down problems into more manageable parts
- Apply several common search and sort algorithms to data
- Compare the efficiency of algorithms
- Modify functions to take parameters and output return values
- Interpret algorithms expressed in plain English, in pseudocde and as flowcharts
Topics for this course
About this course
Welcome to the course VIDEO (01:36)00:01:36
Meet the team and your fellow learners ARTICLE
Preparing to learn
Functions with parameters and returns
Teaching functions
Week review
Material Includes
- Official Certificate
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Target Audience
- This course would suit teachers with some Python experience, who are able to write simple programs demonstrating sequencing, selection, iteration and data types.