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<p class="MsoNormal">Prem,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The definition I use for a variable is:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> A storage area used in a computer program that contains a value.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have attached my lecture notes that I use when I introduce variables in Alice. I use the Dann, Cooper, Pausch textbook but I introduce variables earlier than is shown in that book. I start using variables in Chapter 3 with functions
and add it as a 5<sup>th</sup> piece of program code.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ray Ryon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor of Computer Software Development<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Indian Hills Community College<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 20:23:44 -0800<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> From: Prem Pathuri <<a href="mailto:prem1835213@gmail.com">prem1835213@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Subject: alice-teacher Variables<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> To: Alice educators <<a href="mailto:alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu">alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">> <<a href="mailto:CAMR9hHbokvkr3Bgemf7gcpKP=iDXojAKznG4dLgHF6Cq3kQskg@mail.gmail.com">CAMR9hHbokvkr3Bgemf7gcpKP=iDXojAKznG4dLgHF6Cq3kQskg@mail.gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">> I am having a hard time explaining to one of my students EXACTLY what a variable is and I told him to refer to the book but it made it more confusing for him. So could somebody please give me a simple yet concise >answer?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">> Prem Pathuri<o:p></o:p></p>
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