Teaching Programming to School Children Using Elementary Patterns

Teaching programming to school children is a challenging task. This report summarizes the research problem, and outlines the research questions around the issues with block-based languages and suitability of elementary patterns as a possible solution. Results to date show a little use of important p...

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Published in:Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference pp. 1 - 2
Main Author: Amanullah, Kashif
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 01.10.2019
Subjects:
Conferences
Education
primary school students
programming patterns
Programming profession
Scratch
Task analysis
ISSN:2377-634X
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Summary:Teaching programming to school children is a challenging task. This report summarizes the research problem, and outlines the research questions around the issues with block-based languages and suitability of elementary patterns as a possible solution. Results to date show a little use of important programming elements even after many years of use, and there is no clear sign of progression in skills with or without remixing.
ISSN:2377-634X
DOI:10.1109/FIE43999.2019.9028653