Teaching computing through culturally relevant pedagogy can engage more diverse groups of students and support learning.

Variety in teaching and assessment of programming activities.

By embedding physical computing into their practice, educators can provide engaging, relevant, and inclusive learning experiences. Such experiences can help learners to develop and apply their programming skills and comprehension while they are being creative and collaborative.

Using project-based learning to apply programming knowledge to real-world scenarios.

Code tracing is a well established approach to help learners develop their program comprehension.

Improving program comprehension through Parson’s Problems.

Understanding program comprehension using the Block Model.

Using PRIMM to structure programming lessons.

Planning effective surveys and interviews for research or evaluation.

Using observation techniquest to record student behaviour for research or evaluation.

Planning and reflecting on distance learning in the context of 'emergency remote teaching'.

Using concept maps to capture, communicate, construct, and assess knowledge.

Improving explanations and learning activities in computing using semantic waves.

Live coding: using the thought processes of a programmer to bring coding to life.

Using peer instruction in lessons helps students learn, retain, and discuss computing concepts.

Pair programming supports learners to produce better solutions to complex programming problems.

Using worked examples supports novices to develop their programming practice.

Thoughtful instructional design reduces learners’ cognitive load in computing.

Addressing learners’ alternate conceptions in computing.