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Parsons Problem and Cloze algorithm questions

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Giving students scaffolded resources to help reduce the cognitive difficulties and allowing them to focus on the key concept you are wanting them to build confidence in is important. New syntax, new layout (indentation) and recalling previous content are some of the challenges. Customisable algorithm questions with a mixture of Parsons Problem and gap fill (cloze) based approaches is a potential way to help.

Some sites have existed that allowed aspects of this to work, as a teacher you create resources and save links in your class resources and then the site disappears. That is why I have been building a platform that allows users to create both types of questions and for the Cloze type, gaps can be free text fill or multiple choice (with customisable distractors) and optional hints for either type of gap.

All images in this article are taken from these 2 questions on CodingQuestion.com.

Music recommendations podcast

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Data Skeptic is an excellent podcast to listen to if you are interested in considered discourse about machine learning, artifical intelligence and occassionally a parrot called Yoshi 🦜.

Watching

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

There are many, many videos that are excellent sources of teaching or background knowledge relating to computing and technology in general. Some videos and channels I recommend are:

NumberSystems.study website

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

NumberSystems.study is a site I made to provide an endless supply of self-marking number systems practice questions in an academic format. Questions are generally limited to 0-255 / 8 bits, apart from floating-point binary. Read the teacher guide.

Reading

Sat, 24 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

News aggregation and blog sites can be an excellent way to learn about the broader world of Computer Science and associated areas of interest. Some sites I recommend are:

Listening

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Podcasts can be an excellent way to learn about the broader world of Computer Science and associated areas of interest. Some podcasts I recommend are: