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The Importance of Coding and Translation between Programming Languages in Sequential Activities of Pre-Service Teachers: An Approach
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Ainhoa Berciano; Astrid Cuida; María-Luisa Novo – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
In the last two decades, computational thinking has gained wide relevance in international educational systems. The inclusion of this new type of thinking poses educational challenges with some underlying research questions that need to be answered to meet these challenges with quality. Thus, this study focuses on analyzing the difficulties that…
Descriptors: Coding, Translation, Programming Languages, Sequential Approach
Robot Programming versus Block Play in Early Childhood Education: Effects on Computational Thinking, Sequencing Ability, and Self-Regulation
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Yang, Weipeng; Ng, Davy Tsz Kit; Gao, Hongyu – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
Programmable robotics is recently used in early childhood education (ECE) to introduce programming and computational thinking (CT) skills. However, there is a further need for research to contrast the efficacy of children's participation in robot programming and traditionally beneficial ECE activities. The present study thus investigated the…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Robotics, Programming
Immersive Virtual Reality or Auditory Text First? Effects of Adequate Sequencing and Prompting on Learning Outcome
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Vogt, Andrea; Babel, Franziska; Hock, Philipp; Baumann, Martin; Seufert, Tina – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
Presenting a pictorial representation followed by a textual representation supports learners to build a coherent mental model. Providing an elaboration prompt stimulates learners to process the learning content semantically. Hence, combining both approaches might result in synergetic effects as both foster mental model development, which could be…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Schemata (Cognition), Pictorial Stimuli, Auditory Stimuli
Introducing Algorithmic Thinking and Sequencing Using Tangible Robots
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Evripidou, Salomi; Amanatiadis, Angelos; Christodoulou, Klitos; Chatzichristofis, Savvas A. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2021
Today, in the era of robotics, different types of educational robots have been used extensively in school classrooms to facilitate teaching activities related to a variety of computer science concepts. Numerous studies have been performed that attempt to examine the effects of using tangible interfaces to enhance collaborative learning…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Mathematics, Computation, Sequential Approach
Put Your Robot In, Put Your Robot Out: Sequencing through Programming Robots in Early Childhood
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Kazakoff, Elizabeth R.; Bers, Marina Umaschi – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2014
This article examines the impact of programming robots on sequencing ability in early childhood. Thirty-four children (ages 4.5-6.5 years) participated in computer programming activities with a developmentally appropriate tool, CHERP, specifically designed to program a robot's behaviors. The children learned to build and program robots over three…
Descriptors: Robotics, Early Childhood Education, Programming, Computer Uses in Education
Programming in a Robotics Context in the Kindergarten Classroom: The Impact on Sequencing Skills
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Kazakoff, Elizabeth; Bers, Marina – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2012
This paper examines the impact of computer programming of robots on sequencing ability in early childhood and the relationship between sequencing skills, class size, and teacher's comfort level and experience with technology. Fifty-eight children participated in the study, 54 of whom were included in data analysis. This study was conducted in two…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Programming Languages, Sequential Approach