Instructional Media and Teaching Methods for Engaging Children with Computer Programming

Technology - based learning could help students achieve fundamental abilities and skills like computational thinking and creativity. Engaging young students in computer science concepts and programming with a creative and enjoyable way is a challenging issue. We are aiming to apply and evaluate cons...

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Published in:2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies pp. 768 - 770
Main Author: Garneli, Varvara
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 01.07.2014
Subjects:
Computer science education
Computers
constructionism
Educational institutions
programming
programming pedagogy
Programming profession
visual programming environments
ISSN:2161-3761
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Summary:Technology - based learning could help students achieve fundamental abilities and skills like computational thinking and creativity. Engaging young students in computer science concepts and programming with a creative and enjoyable way is a challenging issue. We are aiming to apply and evaluate constructionist or apprenticeship techniques and visual programming tools that could assist and improve the learning activity.
ISSN:2161-3761
DOI:10.1109/ICALT.2014.225