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Matthieu Branthôme – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2024
This article reports on a design-based research study centered on the conception and the assessment of the "Pyrates" application. This online serious game aims at introducing Python programming to K-12 students while easing the transition from block-based to text-based languages. After we present the various aspects underlying the…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Programming, Elementary Secondary Education, Programming Languages
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Seralidou, Eleni; Douligeris, Christos – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
The effective teaching of the concept of programming, where critical thinking is an important factor, is not so easy in secondary education. New teaching approaches, including, game-based learning, may provide a solution due to their inclusion of more fun and diverse activities but they still lack the active participation of the students in the…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Programming Languages, Educational Games
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Budak, Esra Çoban; Geçer, Aynur Kolburan; Topal, Arzu Deveci – Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age, 2021
With the development of information and communication technologies, access to information is becoming easier every day. Consequently, individuals' abilities to interpret information that especially exists in the learning processes, to produce new knowledge and to use the information produced have gained more importance day by day. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Programming Languages, Computer Science Education, Reflection
Colon-Acosta, Nirmaliz – ProQuest LLC, 2019
As new introductory block-based coding applications for young students to learn basic computer science concepts, such as, loops and conditionals, continue to increase in popularity, it is necessary to consider the best method of teaching students these skills. Many of these products continue to exhibit programmatic misconceptions of these concepts…
Descriptors: Coding, Game Based Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Programming Languages
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Esteve-Mon, Francesc M.; Adell-Segura, Jordi; Llopis Nebot, María Ángeles; Valdeolivas Novella, Gracia; Pacheco Aparicio, Julio – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2019
Aim/Purpose: This research aims to describe and demonstrate the results of an intervention through educational robotics to improve the computational thinking of student teachers. Background: Educational robotics has been increasing in school classrooms for the development of computational thinking and digital competence. However, there is a lack…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Skill Development, Robotics
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Paterson, J. H.; Cheng, K. F.; Haddow, J. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2009
PatternCoder is a software tool to aid student understanding of class associations. It has a wizard-based interface which allows students to select an appropriate binary class association or design pattern for a given problem. Java code is then generated which allows students to explore the way in which the class associations are implemented in a…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Programming, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
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Bishop-Clark, Cathy – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1998
A study of 89 computer programming students in two instructional groups found that those using Visual Basic (VB) mastered programming design concepts as well as those using traditional BASIC. Concludes that VB is an excellent choice for a first programming course (high school or university) emphasizing sequence, selection, iteration, variables,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Science, Computer Software Development, Design