Grade
Levels: 5
to 12
Provides
students with an off-beat learning environment in which they
engage in puzzles that typify core concepts of computer programming
and spatial reasoning skills, using observations, hypotheses,
and experimentations to solve problems.
Humorously introducing computer programming and spatial reasoning
skills, Yoiks!™ provides students with an off-beat learning
environment where they explore 30 activities of increasing difficulty
that typify core concepts of computer programming. Yoiks!™ engages
students in the scientific process of observation, hypotheses
formation, and experimentation to apply logical constructs as
they solve problems.
With
Yoiks!™ in
your mathematics and technology curriculum your students
will:
- build logical
reasoning and critical thinking skills
- develop algebraic
thinking skills
- intuitively
prepare for programming
- develop strategies
and solution plans
- collaborate
to solve problems
