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Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 6

DLCS18.6.8

Create a program that initializes a variable.

COS Examples

Example: Create a flowchart in which the variable or object returns to a starting position upon completion of a task.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that updating a variable during a program changes the initial value set, so variables need to be initialized (set to the original value) at the start or end of a task or program.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • set variables back to their original values upon start
  • up or completion of a task or program.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • variables need to be initialized for programs to work properly more than once.

Vocabulary

  • initialize
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