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<p class="MsoNormal">I have seen several nice books in Python which make programming and problem solving fun – perhaps you coud adapt one of them, but code in Python – end up with a book for further reuse! Or just use the basic tone and approach.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2>“Impractical Python: Projects Playful Programming Activities to Make You Smarter”<o:p></o:p></h2>
<h3><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“</span>Playful Programming - Python at Home”<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Haskell-Cafe <haskell-cafe-bounces@haskell.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Zachi Baharav<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Haskell Cafe <haskell-cafe@haskell.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Haskell-cafe] Teaching High-School one-semester FP (using Haskell)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am a high-school teacher in the US (California, Palo Alto). We have an advanced CS course that students can take after completing the AP-CS-A (in Java). This is usually Juniors and Seniors, after at least 2 or 3 courses of coding (Python+Java).
Traditionally, I've done a potpourri of subjects, mostly search algorithms as applied to 'games'. Of course a little bit of data-structure comes in, and each year we did some 'other' interesting subject (like halftoning, barcodes, and so on) and investigated
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<p class="MsoNormal">THIS year, for the second half, I would like us to do Functional-Programming. From what I have seen, my students over the years tend to write more and more convoluted codes, electing first to search on stackOverFlow for some similar pattern,
rather than think and find a concise and clean solution. I think FP would supply them with a new way of thinking, which will help with whatever they will write later on.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've been coding with Haskell for about 7 years, so feel ok leading the class.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The question: I have many books on Haskell (i think 'all', but who knows. Haskell, Real world Haskell, Learn you a haskell for great good, programming in haskell, and many more). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">---> I am looking for something more hands-on and 'fun' for HS students. may i say the buzzword 'project based', or maybe better 'problem based' for our case.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Something that I could teach a little, and then we can solve a bunch of problems, and teach a little more, and so on.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It doesn't have to be a Book!! Just an outline of a course someone did with associated bunch of problems would be awesome. We have 18 weeks in a semester. My thought right now (if I don't find anything) is to relyon Euler project early
problems. These are often clean and simple in Haskell. Or otherwise some CSES problems (which we've done in Java).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ok, long enough email.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have material and can share here, great! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have material and want to reach out privately, please do (<a href="mailto:zbaharav@kehillah.org">zbaharav@kehillah.org</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have a good pointer, that would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance for any help!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Zachi<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(Dr. Zachi Baharav, HS teacher (after 20 years in Industry and academia))<o:p></o:p></p>
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