Goals and Outcomes

Learning Goals

After completing this module, the student should:

• Understand what built-in functions are.
• Understand what user-defined functions are and how to create them.
• Undertand the concept of variable scope.
• Know what lambda functions are how to use them.
• Understand some basic principles of function design.
• Know what function recursion is.

Learning Outcomes

In terms of specific knowledge, skills, and abilities, after completing this module students should be able to:

• Be able to use Python’s native and imported functions.
• Be able to write their own functions.
• Understand the concept of variable scope and some of the problems that may arise in not paying attention to it.
• Be able to write lambda functions and understand their use cases.
• Grasp basic principles of function design.
• Implement simple recursion functions.