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Lesson 4.3: Loops and Strings

Overview
This lesson will combine two concepts: String variable and loops. Students will
use while and for loops to traverse and manipulate String objects.

Student Learning Objectives


ENDURING UNDERSTANDING

CON -2
Programmers incorporate iteration and selection into code as a way of providing
instructions for the computer to process each of the many possible input values.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE

CON -2.F: For algorithms in the context of ➢ CON-2.F.1: There are standard
a particular specification that involves algorithms that utilize String
String objects: traversals to:
● Identify standard algorithms. ● Find if one or more substrings has
● Modify standard algorithms. a particular property
● Develop an algorithm. ● Determine the number of
substrings that meet specific
criteria
● Create a new string with the
characters reversed

M at er ials an d R esou r ces

● Presentation system (LCD projector/Interactive whiteboard)


● 4.3 Loops and Strings in the CSAwesome e-book

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● Kahoot - Review Strings


● Processing Strings with Java Loops (YouTube Video, optional)
● Unit 4.3 Worksheet (Solution)
● POGIL Activity Unit 4 Lesson 3
● Unit 4 Lesson 3 Exit Ticket (Solution)
● CS Awesome! Programming Solutions

Lear n in g Act ivit ies

Estimated Length: 90 mins

Day 1

● Hook/Motivation (10 mins):


○ This Kahoot activity will review String methods length(), indexOf() and
substring().
● Experiences and Explorations (30 mins):
○ Direct Instruction :
■ After the Kahoot activity, go over the methods in the Runestone
site lesson length() , indexOf( ) and substring( ) and remind them
that strings start at index 0 showing Figure 1 in the lesson. Ask
them what substring command would return the word “is” and
“test”.
■ (Optional) Show the YouTube video Processing Strings with Java
Loops. Pause the video and check for understanding when:
● The for loop is created (0:57)
● substring is used to isolate one character (1:37)
● The if statement is created to count spaces (1:50)
● The addition of the troubleshooting print statement (3:27)
● The String out of range error (4:02)

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○ POGIL / Collaborative Group work:


■ Pair students into groups of 2 to go through CodingExercise
ActiveCode1 using the Java visualizer. Because tracing a loop is a
cognitive technique that requires practice, tracing this loop
through a visualizer is ideal.
■ POGIL Activity Unit 4 Lesson 3 (Solutions)
■ Afterwards, students individually make the changes indicated in
the Coding Exercise.
○ Independent Practice : Check Your Understanding 4-3-1
○ Rethink, Reflect, and/or Revise (5 mins):

○ (Think-Pair-Share) Have students complete Exit Ticket 4.3 (Solution)


with their elbow partners. This is a loop tracing exercise similar to the
Magpie Lab.

Day 2:

● Hook/Motivation (5 mins):
○ Check for Understanding 4-3-2: students complete individually.
○ Discuss as a class what mistakes were made during attempts to complete.
● Experiences and Explorations (30 mins):
○ Direct Instruction: Go through 4.3.2. For Loops: Reverse String on
Runestone.
○ Guided Practice: Run Active Code in Activity 3 and guide students to
make the required changes.

○ Programming Challenge
■ Students should work in pairs to complete the Programming
Challenge on Runestone
○ Independent Practice
■ Students individually complete Unit 4.3 Worksheet (Solutions)
● Rethink, Reflect, and/or Revise (10 mins):
○ Go over Solutions to Unit 4.3 Worksheet

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○ If students have not finished, go over at least 1 or 2 of the problems and


review the rest the next class period.
○ NOTE: This is a challenging worksheet. Some of these questions are AP
level questions or harder.

Ch eck for U n d er st an din g


● Interactive Exercises: Check for Understanding
● Coding Exercises: Activecode 1 and 2, Programming Challenge 4.3.1
● Common Misconceptions:
○ Students forget that length() returns the number of characters instead of
the last index and substring uses an index that begins at 0.
○ In a loop, accidentally comparing an index to equal the String’s length
index<=str.length() which will cause a run-time exception since the
last index is length-1 since strings begin at index 0.
○ Students get confused when the result of substring() is an empty String vs.
going out of bounds. Here are the rules:
■ The substring(index1, index2) method throws a
StringIndexOutOfBoundsException only if:
1) The starting index is negative
2) The ending index is larger than the length of the string
3) The starting index > ending index
● Personal Progress Check (College Board): The College Board AP
Classroom provides a quiz bank and Personal Progress Checks. You may
create a formative assessment quiz for topic 4.3 in the AP Classroom.
Review the results in class to identify and address any student
misunderstandings.

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Differentiation: More Practice


From the Codingbat website, these two problems in Warmup-1 are nice
challenges:
● stringE
● everyNth
From the PracticeIt site:
● BJP3 Exercise 3.18: vertical
● BJP3 Exercise 3.19: printReverse

Differ en t iat ion : En r ich m en t

● This video from Udacity shows the contains() method and how it can be used
with a String traversal to find vowels in a String. The contains() method is not on
the AP test, but it is a handy method!

Back gr ou n d Kn owled ge

This Youtube video from Nick Parlante (Codingbat) explains how to use
substring in a Codingbat problem.

Manipulating Characters in a String from the Java Oracle Documentation.

T each in g T ip s
● CSP →CS A Tips
○ Students who took CSP should be familiar with the iteration process.
However, combining Strings and String methods with iteration is a new
concept. These concepts should be drilled both separately and together.

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