Fewer steps

What is “Fewer steps”?

Fewer steps is a 4th grade coding skill in the Debug & Improve region of the TernQuest map — find it, fix it, make it shorter. It is aligned to California Common Core standard 1B-AP-13. Children work through 0 grade-tagged questions at the reason level (reasoning it through), and Pip the tern offers a hint — never the answer — when they get stuck.

How does it unlock?

Skills on the map unlock in order: finishing the skill before this one with a mastery score of 60 or more opens fewer steps. A grown-up can also assign it directly from the dashboard, and teachers can assign it to a whole class with a join code.