NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Grizioti, Marianthi; Kynigos, Chronis – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
In this paper, we discuss the need for new approaches to research regarding coding to support students in developing practices in computational thinking, such as abstraction and decomposition, in multidisciplinary contexts. We explore students' activities with a tool integrating constructionist textual programming activity with game-based learning…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Thinking Skills, Interdisciplinary Approach, Coding
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kynigos, Chronis; Grizioti, Marianthi – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
Although there is wide rhetoric that programming should be learnt by all as an element of computational thinking (CT), in practice, it is mostly implemented narrowly as an end in itself consisting of routine practice and traditional testing of the ability to code. This paper discusses a way in which programming could be seen through a wider…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Thinking Skills, Computation, Affordances
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Dohn, Niels Bonderup – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
The ability to code computer programs is considered an important part of literacy in today's society. This paper reports from a case study in two sixth-grade classes where Scratch coding was part of six mathematics lessons. The aim of the study was to investigate how Scratch coding affected students' interest development in coding and in…
Descriptors: Coding, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Student Interests
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Liyanagunawardena, Tharindu Rekha; Lundqvist, Karsten Øster; Williams, Shirley Ann – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) attract learners with a variety of backgrounds. Engaging them using game development was trialled in a beginner's programming course, "Begin programming: build your first mobile game," on FutureLearn platform. The course has completed two iterations: first in autumn 2013 and second in spring 2014 with…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Computer Games, Programming, Student Surveys