Reflections on outreach programs in CS classes

Thies, Renate; Vahrenhold, Jan

doi:10.1145/2157136.2157281

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“…Zagami (2012) posits that the computer programmer could understand programming concepts better from visualisation of how code works. Research into non-screen based unplugged activities (by researchers such as Bell et al, 2009;Cortina, 2015;Paul Curzon et al, 2014;Feaster, Segars, Wahba, & Hallstrom, 2011;Rodriguez, 2015;Taub, Armoni, & Ben-Ari, 2012;Taub, Ben-Ari, & Armoni, 2009;Thies & Vahrenhold, 2012;Thies & Vahrenhold, 2013) have demonstrated that they might potentially help learners to understand computing concepts kinaesthetically as they solve problems in the real world.…”

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Making Programming Accessible to Learners with Visual Impairments: A Literature Review

Hadwen-Bennett

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Morrison

2018

IJCSES

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Programming can be challenging to learn and for visually impaired (VI) learners there are numerous additional barriers to the learning process. Many modern programming environments are inaccessible to VI learners, being difficult or impossible to interface with using a screen reader. A review of the literature has identified a number of strategies that have been employed in the quest to make learning to program accessible to VI learners. These can be broadly divided into the following categories; auditory and haptic feedback, making text-based langauges (TBLs) accessible, making block-based languages (BBLs) accessible and physical artefacts.A common theme among the literature is the difficulty VI learners have in gaining an understanding of the overall structure of their code. Much of the research carried out in this space to date focuses on the evaluation of interventions aimed at VI high-school and undergraduate students, with limited attention given to the learning processes of VI learners. Additionally, the majority of the research deals with (TBLs), this is despite the fact that most introductory programming courses for primary learners use (BBLs). Therefore, further research is urgently needed to investigate potential strategies for introducing VI children in primary education to programming and the learning processes involved.

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