Retention of Flow

Repenning, Alexander; Basawapatna, Ashok; Assaf, Dorit; Maiello, Carmine; Escherle, Nora

doi:10.1145/2839509.2844597

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“…Previous Hour of Code research has looked at student retention throughout a given activity to provide just-in-time information [23] and student engagement through qualitative measures [17]. The Retention of Flow is a method of evaluating these cyberlearning activities based on student retention [27,33]. To better understand this notion, imagine 10,000 people, each one assembling an Ikea table on their own.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Zones of Proximal Flow Tutorial

Basawapatna

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Savignano

2019

Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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The creation of computer science tutorials is becoming critically important as hundreds of millions of students each year get their first CS experience through self-directed online activities. Creating a "cliffhanger" activity, with high engagement during and motivation to continue learning post activity, is a balancing act. If tutorials provide too much detailed information, users may be able to follow instructions but can feel overwhelmed or bored. On the other hand, tutorials that do not sufficiently explain crucial steps risk frustrating users who might drop out of the activity. Zones of Proximal Flow (ZPF) tutorials are simple to create and provide a navigation structure of differentiated instruction allowing users to choose appropriate detail based on their self-assessed state of flow, from bored to anxious. Using Retention of Flow analysis, two Hour of Code game design tutorials were analyzed: a sophisticated online tutorial for the creation of Frogger, and a simple ZPF tutorial for the creation of Pac-Man. One hope was that the simple ZPF Pac-Man tutorial would not do much worse than the sophisticated Frogger tutorial, but surprisingly the ZPF Pac-Man tutorial significantly outperformed the Frogger tutorial in terms of student retention. The Pac-Man tutorial also displayed a high student motivation to continue programming past the end of differentiated instruction. CCS CONCEPTS • Applied computing → Interactive learning environments; Computer-assisted instruction;

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Zones of Proximal Flow Tutorial

Basawapatna

Repenning

Savignano

2019

Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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“…So far, the SGD project has helped over 20,000 students in the U.S. create their first games and simulations [16]. Furthermore, SGD successfully launched the Swiss Computer Science Education Week (CS Ed Week) activity in 2014 [4,17], extending its scope to Europe.…”

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