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Christina Oswald; Lisa Paleczek; Katharina Maitz; Maximilian Husny; Barbara Gasteiger-Klicpera – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Although Computational Thinking (CT) is considered an essential 21st century skill, little is known about teaching CT to students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). To address this gap in the research, we conducted a scoping review to identify those approaches promoting programming skills…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Children, Thinking Skills
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Denner, Jill; Campe, Shannon; Werner, Linda – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2019
It is widely believed that there are educational benefits to making computer games, but there is no systematic review of research on this topic. This article describes a meta-synthesis of research on children designing and programming computer games that investigates the extent to which there is evidence of benefits for computer science learning…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Design, Programming, Children
Parker, McCrae A.; Miller, Patti; Donegan, Kevin; Gilliam, Franklin D., Jr. – 2001
Children Now is an independent children's advocacy group that promotes solutions to problems facing American children, with particular attention to the needs of those who are poor or at risk. The group provides policy expertise and up-to-date information on the status of children. Children Now's Children and the Media Program works to improve the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
Fisch, Shalom M., Ed.; Truglio, Rosemarie T., Ed. – 2001
"Sesame Street," 30-years-old in 1999, is possibly the most influential program in children's educational television. This book collects and synthesizes key research studies since the program's inception, describing the processes by which educational content and research are integrated into production, reviewing major studies of the…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Television, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Chevallier, Eric; Mansour, Sylvie – Children in the Tropics, 1993
This booklet examines the influence of television on children and adolescents in developing and developed nations, reviewing research on television's relationship to child health and development. The first section reviews specific research on such variables as number of television sets in use, amount of time spent watching television, age, sex,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Health, Children
von Feilitzen, Cecilia, Comp.; Bucht, Catharina, Comp. – 2001
This report compiles information on recent and current trends in media literacy, including research on children and media, declarations related to the area, and a selection of relevant organizations and Web sites. The report first delineates children's rights as stipulated in the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, especially as they…
Descriptors: Advertising, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Childrens Rights
von Feilitzen, Cecilia; Bucht, Catharina – 2001
Focusing on media literacy, this yearbook compiles information on recent and current trends in media effects, including research on children and media, declarations related to the area, and a selection of relevant organizations and Web sites. The report first delineates children's rights as stipulated in the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Childhood Attitudes, Children