Storytelling alice motivates middle school girls to learn computer programming

Kelleher, Caitlin; Pausch, Randy; Kiesler, Sara

doi:10.1145/1240624.1240844

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“…The literature also supports this kind of learning process, with findings suggesting that the learning takes place with more success using the theory and practice at the same time following the provision of the basics to the students (Crews and Murphy, 2004;Ziegler andCrews, 1999 as cited in Hu, 2004). In addition, there are studies emphasising that use of visuals in software ─ especially making use of visual tools in subjects associated with conditional statements and loops ─ and interactive methods have significant effect on student success and motivation (Arabacıoğlu, Bülbül, & Filiz, 2007;Cooper, Dann, & Pausch, 2003;Gültekin, 2006;Hu, 2004;Kelleher, Pausch, & Kiesler, 2007;Malan & Leitner, 2007;Peppler & Kafai, 2007;Ramadhan, 2000). There also are other studies demonstrating that using graphics and animations helps students pay more attention to classes (Bishop-Clark, Courte, & Howard, 2007;Brusilovsky & Spring, 2004;Lin & Zhang, 2003).…”

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An Analysis of Mathematics Education Students’ Skills in the Process of Programming and Their Practices of Integrating It into Their Teaching

Gökçe¹,

Yenmez²,

Ozpinar³

2017

IES

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Recent developments in technology have changed the learner's profile and the learning outcomes. Today, with the emergence of higher-order thinking skills and computer literacy skills, teaching through traditional methods is likely to fail to achieve the learning outcomes. That is why; teachers and teacher candidates are expected to have computer literacy skills. Programming is the main focus of this study since it is an important part of computer literacy. The study aims to analyze mathematics education students' skills in the process of programming and their practices of integrating it into their teaching. The participants of the study are 42 third grade students of an Elementary Mathematics Education Program of a state university in Turkey. Within the study in which theory and practice was carried out simultaneously, the participants were taught the basics of programming and the algorithms with C programming language. The teacher candidates put the theoretical knowledge into practice using the visual programming application by MIT App Inventor at the computer laboratory. In addition, they used the MIT App Inventor visual programming environment to develop programs they will use in teaching mathematics in groups. Given the component of teaching of programming during this process, it is considered that the process of teaching in question will be effective in planning the teaching process of future studies. The reason is that not only it analyses the development of the variables used in this study but also because it takes into consideration the opinions of teacher candidates.

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An Analysis of Mathematics Education Students’ Skills in the Process of Programming and Their Practices of Integrating It into Their Teaching

Gökçe¹,

Yenmez²,

Ozpinar³

2017

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“…Bopp (2007) stated that the narration in games can motivate students positively. It is useful in the learning environment and provides an opportunity for reflection, evaluation, illustration and example provision (Kelleher et al, 2007;Malone, 1981). Contemporary educational theories support the concept of active, experiential, problem learning, combined with synchronous feedback (Boyle et al, 2011), which is easily accomplished using digital games.…”

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A Literature Review of Empirical Research on the Effects of Digital Games on Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences / Pregled literature o empirijskim istraživanjima o utjecaju digitalnih igara na stilove učenja i višestruke inteligencije

Aleksić

Ivanović

2017

Croatian Journal of Education

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“…A variety of environments have been developed by researchers to introduce game making concepts to children. Popular visual programming environments include Scratch [10] Alice and Storytelling Alice [8]. The idea of making games for learning instead of playing games to learn is one of the fundamentals of Constructionism.…”

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Exploring the Importance of “Making” in an Educational Game Design

Giannakos

Garneli

Chorianopoulos

2015

Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2015

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Abstract. Educational games have been employed in many settings as a means to engage young students. Different genres and applications of games have been used to improve learning experience. The design or making of games in learning activities has been linked to teaching of new skills. Within this paper we explore and discuss the differences of involving young students into the game design and development process compared to just playing an educational game. In particular, we designed an educational math-game and an activity that involves children in playing or modifying the game, and we performed a between groups experiment with sixty students of the second grade of middle school (12 to 13 years old). Students formed three equivalent groups of twenty. The first group played the game, the second engaged with re-designing and modifying the game and the third (control) group solved the same exercises (with the educational game) on paper. The results showed that the making group exhibits certain attitudinal benefits. Hence, our findings suggest that learning through games should include more than just playing a well-designed game, it should also consider the involvement of students with various "making" affordances.

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Storytelling alice motivates middle school girls to learn computer programming

Cited by 402 publications

References 22 publications

An Analysis of Mathematics Education Students’ Skills in the Process of Programming and Their Practices of Integrating It into Their Teaching

An Analysis of Mathematics Education Students’ Skills in the Process of Programming and Their Practices of Integrating It into Their Teaching

A Literature Review of Empirical Research on the Effects of Digital Games on Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences / Pregled literature o empirijskim istraživanjima o utjecaju digitalnih igara na stilove učenja i višestruke inteligencije

Exploring the Importance of “Making” in an Educational Game Design

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