Digital technologies / Year 9 and 10 / Digital Technologies Processes and Production Skills

Curriculum content descriptions

Implement modular programs, applying selected algorithms and data structures including using an object-oriented programming language (ACTDIP041)

Elaborations
  • coding separate modules that perform discrete functions but collectively meet the needs of the solution
  • defining classes that represent the attributes and behaviour of objects in the real world or in a game
  • considering different algorithms and selecting the most appropriate based on the type of problem, for example choosing appropriate algorithms for particular problems
  • selecting different types of data structures such as an array, record and object to model structured data
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • ICT capability Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability
ScOT terms

Decision making,  Algorithms,  Object-oriented programming

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