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Ahn, Junghyun; Sung, Woonhee; Black, John B. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2022
Despite increased interest in integrating programming education into K-12 programs, there is a lack of studies on teaching debugging to younger age groups. Therefore, this study proposes practical design components for designing unplugged debugging tasks that affect young learners' debugging performance, problem-solving, and self-efficacy,…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Learning Activities, Elementary School Students
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Love, Tyler S.; Griess, Carolyn J. – Science and Children, 2020
Computational thinking has been taught in elementary classrooms in other countries for many years, but in the United States this has only been a focus recently due to the drastic shortage of computer scientists. Early exposure to computational thinking has been shown to motivate students to pursue STEM careers, especially computer science (Jin,…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Engineering Education, Elementary School Students