Propaedeutics of programming: how to prepare students for the perception of object-oriented programming

Abstract

The article describes the methodological foundations for preparing for programming in basic school and, in particular, for the perception of object-oriented programming in the future. This methodics can be implemented in the course of extracurricular activities or use its fragments for implementation in the lesson. Programming is one of the most important sections in the basic school informatics course. This is an interesting and at the same time quite difficult section for initial learning. Given that the basic informatics course starts in the seventh grade and is only one hour per week (advanced — two hours per week), programming is allocated only in the eighth grade and not so much. And you need to introduce pupils to a large number of concepts, teach them how to write programs, from linear programs to array processing. In this regard, it is proposed to use a propaedeutic course of extracurricular activity for students of the sixth-seventh grades in order to familiarize them with the basics of structured programming using the example of working with performers, which allow them to realize familiarity with the structure of the program, syntactic requirements, basic algorithmic constructions through drawing and movement of graphic objects (according the teacher's choice — in algorithmic language, PascalABC, Python, C++). The methodological developments described in the article can be used for those performers who will not be in the lessons, or, conversely, to introduce students to writing programs in a language that will be studied further in the lessons, which will make it easier for them to perceive the material on programming in basic school and develop their abilities in this direction along an individual educational trajectory — both in the classroom and in extracurricular activities.