Algorithm Flowchart Editor as an Educational Tool for Teaching Basic Algorithms and Programming at School

The article substantiates the relevance of using the flowchart editor as one of the means of teaching the basics of algorithmization and programming in the school course of computer science. The possibilities of the educational program (editor) Algorithm Flowchart Editor for creating linear, branching and cyclic algorithms are described. This flowchart editor also allows transforming a flowchart into a program for such educational programming languages as the Ershov Algorithmic Language (the school algorithmic language of the KuMir system), Pascal, Python, C and C++. The created flowchart can be saved by the teacher to his computer in raster or vector format. Also, the flowchart can be printed out or saved in .afc format for later use. Possibilities of using the educational program Algorithm Flowchart Editor (AFCE) both by teachers of computer science within the framework of preparation for the lessons of the thematic section "Algorithmization and programming" and directly by the students for construction of program flow charts for solving problems in programming are considered. The article also identifies further directions of research in the field of using Algorithm Flowchart Editor as one of the means of electronic support for the training of future teachers of computer science.

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