Turing Lessons

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Turing is a text-based programming language designed for education. The interface is clean and uncluttered, and the command structure is generally simple and clear.

Installing Turing (instructions for school and a download link for home)

Input - Processing - Output
Topic	Lesson	Resources	Exercises
First Program in Turing	Presentation - A First Program
Output	Presentation - Basic Output Presentation - More Advanced Output Summary - Simple Output in Turing Presentation - Formatting Output	VT - Simple Output in Turing VT - Formatted Output in Turing	exercises attached to lesson
Variables & Data Types	Presentation - Input, Processing, Output Presentation - Working Between Integers & Reals	VT - Variables & Data Types in Turing VT - Assigning Values to Variables VT - Boolean Variables in Turing	exercises attached to lesson
Simple Input	Presentation - Basic Input Summary - Input (variables, spaces, multiple entries)	VT - Simple Input & Variables in Turing	exercises attached to lesson
Mathematical Operations	Presentation - Calculations & Saving to Variables Summary - Basic Math, Different Kinds of Division, Modulo Operator Presentation - Conversion & Modulo		Exercises on Calculation & Variables

Selection in Turing
Topic	Lesson	Resources	Exercises
Conditional Statements - Comparing Values		VT - Conditional Operators - Introduction
Selection Statements - If & If/Else	Turing Lesson # 2 - IF/ELSE Statements Summary - IF/ELSE Statments	VT - Simple Selection Statements VT - Nested Selection Statements	Exercises on Selection
Nested IF/ELSE Statements	Presentation - Nested Selection Statements
Logical Operators - Combining Multiple Comparisons		VT - AND/OR Logical Operations VT - Boolean Variables with Logical Operators

Repetition in Turing
Topic	Lesson	Resources	Exercises
Introduction to Counted Loops	Turing Lesson - Counted Loops	VT - Counted Loops	counted loop exercises more counted loop exercises
For Loops	Turing Lesson - For Loops
Conditional Loops: Loop While & Loop Until	Turing Lesson - Conditional Loops Code Examples - Conditional Loops	VT - Loops with Exit Condition at Beginning VT - Loops with Exit Condition at End

Subroutines in Turing
Topic	Lesson	Resources	Exercises
Random Values	Presentation - Random Values		random value exercises
Understanding Subroutines	Lesson - Method Basics		Exercises: Basic Subroutines
Functions	Turing Lesson - Functions Summary - Functions	VT - Functions	function exercises
Procedures	Presentation - Procedures Summary - Procedures Presentation - Using Procedures to Simplify Programs	VT - Intro to Procedures VT - Passing Parameters into Procedures Sample Code: Create a Subroutine	procedure exercises
Procedures vs Functions		VT - Procedures vs Functions
		VT - Substrings

Arrays & Strings
Topic	Lesson	Resources	Exercises
Arrays in Turing	Present: Intro to Arrays	Sample Code	Exercises - Arrays # 1, 2
Strings as Arrays	Presentation - Strings as Arrays		Exercises - Strings # 1, 4, 3, 7, 8
String Functions & Procedures	Presentation - String Subroutines	VT - Strings in Turing (substrings)	Exercises - Strings

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