Computer Gaming At Every Age: A Comparative Evaluation Of Alice

Seals, Cheryl; Mcmillian, Yolanda; Rouse, Kenneth; Agarwal, Ravikant; Johnson, Andrea Williams; Gilbert, Juan E.; Chapman, Richard

doi:10.26634/jet.5.3.503

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“…Smith analysed 22 final projects at random and discovered that "(some) children coped remarkably easily with difficult programming concepts". To push this idea further, Seals et al (2008) had eight to nine year old's working on assignments in Alice that were of an equivalent difficulty level to that which 18-19 year old college students would undertake. This is quite remarkable.…”

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Visual and textual programming languages: a systematic review of the literature

Noone

Mooney

2018

J. Comput. Educ.

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It is well documented, and has been the topic of much research, that Computer Science courses tend to have higher than average drop out rates at third level, particularly so for students advancing from first year to second year. This is a problem that needs to be addressed with urgency but also caution. The required number of Computer Science graduates is growing every year but the number of graduates is not meeting this demand and one way that this problem can be alleviated is to encourage students, at an early age, towards studying Computer Science courses.This paper presents a systematic literature review that examines the role of visual and textual programming languages when learning to program, particularly as a first programming language. The approach is systematic, in that a structured search of electronic resources has been conducted, and the results are presented and quantitatively analysed. This study will provide insight into whether or not the current approaches to teaching young learners programming are viable, and examines what we can do to increase the interest and retention of these students as they progress through their education.

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Section: After School Clubsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Visual and textual programming languages: a systematic review of the literature

Noone

Mooney

2018

J. Comput. Educ.

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Gifted students’ learning experiences in systematic game development process in after-school activities

Hava

Güyer

Çakır

2020

Education Tech Research Dev

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Investigation of the Technology Integration among Mathematics Teachers in a Key Senior High School

Shi

Yang

et al. 2013

2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies

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This case study investigated mathematics teachers' perspectives and the status of the applications of information technology (IT) in a key senior high school in China. A questionnaire was conducted to collect data. This research focused on teachers' perceptions on the role of IT in mathematics classroom instruction, as well as the status of the technology integration in their class. Results of the data analysis indicated that there were no significant differences among mathematics teachers with variety from gender, age, years of teaching experience and education level towards the understanding on the development of IT and the application of IT in classroom instruction. In addition, some implications and suggestions were also provided in conclusion of this study.

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Computer Gaming At Every Age: A Comparative Evaluation Of Alice

Cited by 3 publications

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Visual and textual programming languages: a systematic review of the literature

Visual and textual programming languages: a systematic review of the literature

Gifted students’ learning experiences in systematic game development process in after-school activities

Investigation of the Technology Integration among Mathematics Teachers in a Key Senior High School

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