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Welch, Lise E.; Shumway, Jessica F.; Clarke-Midura, Jody; Lee, Victor R. – Education Sciences, 2022
Programming activities have the potential to provide a rich context for exploring measurement units in early elementary mathematics. This study examines how a small group of young children (ages 5-6) express their emergent conception of a dynamic linear unit and the measurement concepts they found challenging. Video of an introductory programming…
Descriptors: Coding, Programming, Robotics, Measurement
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Lee, Victor R.; Recker, Mimi – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
In this paper, we propose that paper circuitry provides a productive space for exploring aspects of computational thinking, an increasingly critical 21st century skills for all students. We argue that the creation and operation of paper circuits involve learning about computational concepts such as rule-based constraints, operations, and defined…
Descriptors: Computation, Electronics, Paper (Material), Instructional Materials