A review of how the computer programming game, Scratch, has appealed to people who hadn't previously imagined themselves as programmers. It is an easy interactive activity for everyone of all ages, backgrounds, and interests, to program...

A discussion of how to write a correct recursive algorithm. Numerous examples are given in several different programming languages.

Using the Khan Academy Computer Science platform, sixth graders at Los Altos School District build using code. They create art by writing programs in a JavaScript implementation of the Processing language called Processing.js.

This article provides coding techniques and programming practices for improving the quality of source code.

See some examples made for beginning programmers to understand how to use java to write simple Java programs. These codes demonstrate how to get input from user, working with loops, strings and arrays.

In this lesson, students learn about the roles of the programmer and the robot, and how the two need to work together in order to accomplish their goal. Students also understand logic behind the robot's actions, and break a big plan down...

Learn about differnet computer programming languages.

See what Khan Academy can offer including a personalized learning experience that uses videos, exercises, and articles to engage students across a wide range of subjects, with a special emphasis on math and computer programming.

Here are links to 10 projects in our Intro to JS: Drawing & Animation curriculum. Each project is an opportunity for students to be more creative and free-form with their newfound programming knowledge.

Find out which JavaScript library to use depending on the type of computer programming.

A controversial article from The Atlantic magazine suggesting that there is no evidence to show that using computers in schools improves either teaching or learning. Argues against cutting enriching programs in art and music to fund...

Building your own computer is a great way to not only save money, and get more processing power, but also to learn about the less obvious parts of software programming.

Find out what refactoring means in computer coding.

Learn about Big Theta Notation in computer programming.

Learn about control flow in computer programming languages.

The process of planning a programming project: What do you want to make?; What technology will you use?; What features will it include?; How will you implement it?; What is the time?; Are you ready?.

Take another step in learning computer programming during Khan Academy's Hour of Webpages.

A tutorial explaining the similarities and differences between the two computer programming languages Java and C++.

An environment for learning to program, this guide will help educators foster computational thinking for students in computer science classes.

Written for students who take their first programming course in Java and the second course in C++, this article explains how to transfer Java programming skills to a substantial subset of C++.

To give fellow teachers an idea for how they can teach our curriculum in a classroom setting, we are creating case studies. Here's one case study of how Feltwell Elementary School in the United Kingdom is using our curriculum in their...

See how a teacher adds social components to make using Khan Academy a success.

To give fellow teachers an idea of how they can teach the KA curriculum in a classroom setting, they created case studies. Here's one case study of how Feltwell Elementary School in the United Kingdom is using the KA curriculum in their...

To give fellow teachers ideas for how they can teach the KA curriculum in a classroom setting, they created case studies. Here's how software engineer-turned-teacher Jenny Oliver builds upon the curriculum in her classroom.