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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
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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