Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Programming Design and Development (2022)

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Foundational Standards

  • 1

    Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces.PDD.FD.1

  • 2

    Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.PDD.FD.2

  • 3

    Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.PDD.FD.3

  • 4

    Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.PDD.FD.4

  • 5

    Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.PDD.FD.5

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    Use technology to collaborate with peers and/or experts to create digital artifacts that can be published online for a target audience.PDD.FD.6

  • 7

    Formulate new ideas, solve problems, or create products through the design and engineering process by utilizing testing, prototypes, and user feedback.PDD.FD.7

Customer Service

  • 1

    Research and collect data to create a solution that aligns with the client's needs and goals. PDD.CS.1

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      Example: Design and utilize a questionnaire to assess customers’ needs.

  • 2

    Design an information technology-based project plan utilizing researched strategies to solve a given problem, including aspects of planning and cybersecurity, design implementation, and project management.PDD.CS.2

  • 3

    Perform quality assurance protocols to enable the delivery of working software products according to specifications. PDD.CS.3

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      Examples: quality audits, quality testing, inspection, checkpoint reviews

  • 4

    Deliver and evaluate basic technical documents, presentations, and group interactions, using a variety of authoring tools and desktop and cloud-based software.PDD.CS.4

Software Design

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    Demonstrate the effective use of tools for software development. PDD.SD.5

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      Examples: IDEs, professional and amateur repositories

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    Classify program structure, blocks, and storage types according to operational efficiency.PDD.SD.6

  • 7

    Construct console and file input and output, functions, arrays, and strings.PDD.SD.7

  • 8

    Develop a software program that demonstrates input/output, processing, and storage in order to outline the flow of data for each phase.PDD.SD.8

  • 9

    Create an advanced algorithm using plain language and incorporating pseudocode to solve a real-world programming problem.PDD.SD.9

  • 10

    Design a program that uses data, functions, looping and iteration, sequencing, abstraction, list, and selection. PDD.SD.10

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      Examples: if-else statements, comparison

  • 11

    Integrate mathematical concepts into a program by writing the code, performing unit testing, and debugging the program. PDD.SD.11

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      Examples: logical reasoning, order of operations, functional reasoning, proportional reasoning

  • 12

    Utilize Boolean operators, mathematical operators, and relational operators in creating program code.PDD.SD.12

  • 13

    Create an algorithm that includes an input and an output to solve a real-world problem.PDD.SD.13

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    Debug processes within a program by identifying and locating the problem, removing the faulty source code, and repairing the code.PDD.SD.14

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    Utilize efficient searching algorithms to solve a given problem. PDD.SD.15

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      Examples: linear, binary, jump, interpolation, exponential, ternary

  • 16

    Utilize mathematical formulas to assess the efficiency of sorting and searching algorithms and choose the more efficient one to use in a given situation. PDD.SD.16

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      Example: Use BigO notation to determine whether an algorithm is both correct and efficient.

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    Create complex applications using input, calculations, output, control structures, and data structures.PDD.SD.17

  • 18

    Construct recursive algorithms to solve a problem.PDD.SD.18

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    Develop class constructors using method overloading concepts. PDD.SD.19

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      Examples: changing the number of arguments to determine which instance of the class will be created

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    Construct multidimensional arrays and use the input and output data to solve a problem.PDD.SD.20

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12
Where can I read the official document?
Alabama Course of Study Career and Technical Education

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