PRIMM Definition

Understanding the definition of PRIMM

The five stages of PRIMM

What is PRIMM?

• Reading code before you write code

• Working collaboratively to talk about programs

• Reducing cognitive load by unpacking & understanding what program code is doing

• Gradually taking ownership of programs

PRIMM Definitions

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P

PREDICT

Discuss a program & predict what it might do

R

RUN

Students run the program so that they can test their predictions & discuss them in class

I

Investigate

The teacher provides a range of activities to explore & investigate the structure of the code

M

MODIFY

Students modify & edit the program to change its functionality via a sequence of increasingly more challenging exercises

M

MAKE

Students design & make a new program that uses the same structures, but solves a new problem

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