LessonPlan(ProblemBasedModel)

Subject InformationTechnology

Date April12th,2016

Level Form4

Topic ProblemSolvingandProgrammingDesign

Subtopic ConditionalStatements

Materials Notebook,paper,writingutensils,whiteboard,handouts,projector,computer,virtualcampus,Slide
presentation,computer,pascalcompiler,virtualcampus

Time 80Minutes

Class 4S31

Schedule/Sequence Period2Week9

References Campbell,H.,&Wood,A.(2010).InformationTechnologyForCSECExaminations.Macmillan
Publishers.
Gay,G.,&Beckles,R.(2005).OxfordinformationtechnologyforCXC,CSEC.Oxford:OxfordUniversity
Press.

Previous Abilitytorecallbasicpascalprogrammingsyntax,IDEandcompilation.
Knowledge Familiaritywithconditionalstatements
Familiarityvariablesanddatatypes

Objective(s) Providedwithascenario,studentswillbeableto:

Identifystrategiesforcreatingaprogramtoresolvethestatedissue.
(1)
Computeasalarywithdeductions. (3)
Createacalculatorprogramtocarryoutthenecessarycomputationautomatically.(6)

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Content/Concept Anagreeduponandregularcompensationforemploymentthatmaybepaidinanyfrequencybut,in
commonpractice,ispaidonmonthlyandnotonhourly,daily,weekly,orpieceworkbasis.
Adeductionisasubtractionofaquantityfromgrossincomethatarisesduetovarioustypesof
expensesortaxesincurredbyanemployee.
Aprogramislikearecipe.Itcontainsalistofingredients(calledvariables)andalistofdirections(called
statements)thattellthecomputerwhattodowiththevariables.Thevariablescanrepresentnumeric
data,text,orgraphicalimages.
Conditionalstatementsprovidesaprogramwiththeabilitytotestavariableagainstavalueandactin
onewayiftheconditionismetbythevariableoranotherwayifnot.Theyarealsocommonlycalledby
programmersasIFstatements.

Skills Abilitytoidentifyandunderstandtheproblem.
(Disseminating,Analysis)
Communicationandteamworktodiscussanappropriatesolution. (Disseminating,AbilitytouseandCite
Information)
Problemsolvingtodetermineanappropriatesolution.(Disseminating,Analysis)

Attitude(s) Appreciatetheimportanceofunderstandinghowtocalculatesalarywithdeductionsinareallifework
environment.
(Appreciation)

Introduction Phase1:

Studentswillformgroupsof4basedontheassignationofnumberedpapers.
Eachgroupwillbeaskedtobrieflydiscussthefollowingquestion
Whatisasalaryandhowdoyoucalculateit?
Whydoyouthinkitisimportanttoknowhowmuchapersonmakesandhowmuchisdeducted?
Askatleast2groupswillbeaskedtosharetheirviewsandteacherwillprovidefeedbackregardingwhat
ismentioned.
Thestudentswillremainintheirgroupsandteacherwilltransitioninapresentation.

Development Phase2:

Theexplanationofasalarywillbepresented.
Theexplanationofadeductionwillbepresented.
Areviewofaprogramwillbecarriedout,focussingon:

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ProgramStructure
Avariable
Aconditionalstatement

Phase3:

Studentswillbeprovidedwithascenarioregardingsalariesanddeductions.
Studentswillbepromptedtotodiscussthescenario.
Asagroupstudentswillbeaskedtoprovideapossiblesolutionintheformaanalgorithm.
Asagrouptheywillbeaskedtooutlineallthestepsrequiredtoresolvetheissueonpaperasan
algorithm.
Teacherwillverifythateachgroupshasasolution.

Phase4:

Studentswillbeindividuallyaskedtoconverttheiralgorithmicsolutionintoaprogramusingtheir
computerandintegrateddevelopmentenvironment(IDE).
Studentswillbeaskedtocompileandruntheirsolution.
Teacherwillallowtimefortheprogrammingofsolution.
Teacherwillcheckforproperexecutionanddisplayingofresultsfortaskcompletion.
Teacherwillasktwostudentstoexecutetheircodeusingtheprojectorandtestdataprovidedbytheir
colleagues.
Theclasswillbeaskedtoreviewandcommentontheresults.

Conclusion
Teacherwillreviewtheproblemandprovidetheteachersstepsandsolutionstoresolvetheissue.
Teacherwillengagestudentsinashortdiscussiontoaddressanyissuesarisingfromtheactivityandto
obtainfeedback.
Anadditionquestionwillbeprovidedandstudentswillbeaskedtosubmitasolutioninthenextclass
session.

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ExtendedActivity Studentswillbeaskedtospeaktotheirparentsandfamilytoobtainsalariesanddeductionsthenmodify
theircalculatortocalculatethetakehomepayfortheseindividuals.

Evaluation Perspectives Strengths Areasofimprovement

Teacher Teacherwasabletoeffectivelymaketheactivity Teachershouldhavetakenmore

interactiveandthestudentsappreciatedtheeffort.
Teacherwasabletoremaincalmandfocusedduring
thelesson.Teacherwasalsoabletokeepthestudent
engagedthroughoutthedevelopmentandcodingof
thesolution.
timethepresenttheescenariowell
tothestudentstoensurethatthe
fullyunderstoodwhattheywereto
dofromthebeginning.Thisresulted
intheteacherhavingtorevisitand
explaintheproblemagainwhilethe
discussionshadalreadystartedso
somestudentsthatwerehaving
difficultystillunderstandingthe
scenario.

Students Studentswerefullyengagedinthescenarioandwere Novisibleornotableareaof

abletocomprehendthecontextallowingthemtocome improvementidentified.
upwithsolutionsthattheycouldcodeandprovetobe
functional.

FollowupActivity Studentscanbeaskedtovisitwithapayrollclerkoraccountantofasmallbusinessandtoseeifthey
canusetheircalculatorprogram(withmodificationandadjustmentsmadetosuitthecontextofthe
business)tocalculatesalariesanddeductionsforemployees.

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Worksheet:

InformationTechnology
Programming

YouarethenewpayrollclerkforFrutaBumbaBelizeandyourfirstjobistocalculatetheworker's'salaryattheendoftheweek.

Aspartofthetaskyouareinchargeofansweringqueriesregardingsalaries.Thesupervisorhasaskedyoutodevelopasalarycalculatorthat
canquicklyprovideresultswhenaworkercomestoquerysalary.

AtFrutaBumbathefollowingguidelinesaretakenintoconsiderationwhencalculatingsalaries:

Overtimeispaidat$5.00/hr
Overtimeisconsideredwhenaworkerhasworkedover40hrs/weekwhichistheminimumhoursworked.
SocialSecurityischargedat8.15%/week
IncomeTaxischargedat6.75%/week
Allworkerscontribute5%oftheirsalarytoapensionfund.
SocialSecurityandIncometaxareonlychargedoverthegrosssalaryandnottheovertimesalary.
Skilledworkersarepaidat$5.00/hrandunskilledat2.25/hr.

Youarerequiredtodesignacalculatorthatcanimmediatelyshow:

Therateperhourforaworkergiventhetypeofworker.
Asummaryof allcontributionquantities.
Aworker'sgrosssalary.
Aworker'sovertimesalary.
Aworker'stakehomepaygiventheinformationabove.

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Pleaseseeattachedsampleteachersolution,compliedrunningprogram
implementingsolutionandsubsequentcomputercode.

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Programsalarycalc

Var
gtotal,ototal,ss,itax,pen,srate,urate,orate,hours:Real
etype:Integer
wlimit,tpay,dss,ditax,dpen:Real

Begin

//Deductions
ss:=0.0815
itax:=0.0675
pen:=0.05

//Ratesforemployeetypes
srate:=5.0
urate:=2.25
orate:=5.0

//Conditionforovertimemustbehrsgreaterthanwlimit
wlimit:=40.0

//Othervariables
gtotal:=0
ototal:=0
tpay:=0
dss:=0
ditax:=0
dpen:=0

Writeln('*******************************************************')
Writeln('Thisprogramwillcalculatethesalaryforanemployee.')

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Writeln('*******************************************************')
Writeln()

Write('Pleaseentertypeofemployee(1Skilledor2Unskilled):')
Readln(etype)
Writeln()
Write('Pleaseenternumberofhoursworked:')
Readln(hours)

If(hours<wlimit)then
Begin
If(etype=1)then
Begin
gtotal:=wlimit*srate
End
Else
Begin
gtotal:=wlimit*urate
End
End
Else
Begin
If(etype=1)then
Begin
gtotal:=wlimit*srate
ototal:=(hourswlimit)*orate
End
Else
Begin
gtotal:=wlimit*urate
ototal:=(hourswlimit)*orate
End

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End

//Deductions
dss:=gtotal*ss
ditax:=gtotal*itax
dpen:=gtotal*pen

//Takehomepay
tpay:=gtotal+ototaldssditaxdpen

Writeln()
Writeln('Summary:')
Writeln('=========================================')
Writeln()
Writeln('Thenumberofhoursworkedis:',hours:1:2)
Writeln('Thegrosssalaryis:',gtotal:1:2)
Writeln('Theovertimesalaryis:',ototal:1:2)
Writeln('TheSocialSecuritydeductionis:',dss:1:2)
Writeln('TheIncomeTaxdeductionis:',ditax:1:2)
Writeln('ThePensiondeductionis:',dpen:1:2)
Writeln()
Writeln('')
Writeln()
Writeln('Thetakehometotalis:',tpay:1:2)

End.

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