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Unahalekhaka, Apittha; Bers, Marina Umaschi – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Project-based assessment has been used to evaluate coding projects created by students for a long time. Nevertheless, there is a lack of rigorously tested project-based coding rubrics that are developmentally appropriate for early childhood. This study presented the development and testing of a coding rubric to evaluate children's creations with…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2, Student Projects
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Hassenfeld, Ziva R.; Govind, Madhu; de Ruiter, Laura E.; Bers, Marina Umaschi – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2020
Aim/Purpose: This paper presents findings on a curricular intervention aimed at integrating computer programming with reading and writing in early elementary school. The purpose of this research was to explore the relation between students' varying literacy levels and their level of success in mastering an introductory programming language.…
Descriptors: Programming, Teaching Methods, Introductory Courses, Scores
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Strawhacker, Amanda; Bers, Marina Umaschi – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019
Computer programming for young children has grown in popularity among both educators and product developers, but still relatively little is known about what skills children are developing when they code. This study investigated N = 57 Kindergarten through second grade children's performance on a programming assessment after engaging in a 6-week…
Descriptors: Coding, Programming, Computer Science Education, Kindergarten