A comparison of preschool and elementary school children learning computer science concepts through a multilanguage robot programming platform

Autores
Martínez, Cecilia; Gómez, Marcos J.; Benotti, Luciana
Año de publicación
2015
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inglés
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versión publicada
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Fil: Gómez, Marcos J. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; Argentina.
Fil: Benotti, Luciana. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; Argentina.
Fil: Benotti, Luciana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
Fil: Martínez, Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades; Argentina.
Fil: Martínez, Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
This paper describes a school intervention to teach fundamental Computer Science (CS) concepts to 3-11 year old students with a multilanguage robot programming platform (using drag and drop, Python and C++ languages) in Argentina. We analyze students´ performance and learning process based on multiple choice test and classroom observations. Data show that all students can intuitively learn sequence, conditional, loops and parameters and that girls performed slightly better than boys. Older students can easily combine these concepts to write a program. The multilanguage platform promotes student spontaneous exploration of more sophisticated CS concepts and languages. These findings imply that introducing CS in mandatory schooling from an inquiry based approach is both achievable and beneficial.
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Fil: Gómez, Marcos J. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; Argentina.
Fil: Benotti, Luciana. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; Argentina.
Fil: Benotti, Luciana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
Fil: Martínez, Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades; Argentina.
Fil: Martínez, Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
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ISBN: 978-1-4503-3440-2
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Educative robots
Multilanguage programming
Computer Science education
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title A comparison of preschool and elementary school children learning computer science concepts through a multilanguage robot programming platform
spellingShingle A comparison of preschool and elementary school children learning computer science concepts through a multilanguage robot programming platform
Martínez, Cecilia
Educative robots
Multilanguage programming
Computer Science education
title_short A comparison of preschool and elementary school children learning computer science concepts through a multilanguage robot programming platform
title_full A comparison of preschool and elementary school children learning computer science concepts through a multilanguage robot programming platform
title_fullStr A comparison of preschool and elementary school children learning computer science concepts through a multilanguage robot programming platform
title_full_unstemmed A comparison of preschool and elementary school children learning computer science concepts through a multilanguage robot programming platform
title_sort A comparison of preschool and elementary school children learning computer science concepts through a multilanguage robot programming platform
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Martínez, Cecilia
Gómez, Marcos J.
Benotti, Luciana
author Martínez, Cecilia
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Gómez, Marcos J.
Benotti, Luciana
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Benotti, Luciana
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Educative robots
Multilanguage programming
Computer Science education
topic Educative robots
Multilanguage programming
Computer Science education
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Fil: Gómez, Marcos J. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; Argentina.
Fil: Benotti, Luciana. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; Argentina.
Fil: Benotti, Luciana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
Fil: Martínez, Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades; Argentina.
Fil: Martínez, Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
This paper describes a school intervention to teach fundamental Computer Science (CS) concepts to 3-11 year old students with a multilanguage robot programming platform (using drag and drop, Python and C++ languages) in Argentina. We analyze students´ performance and learning process based on multiple choice test and classroom observations. Data show that all students can intuitively learn sequence, conditional, loops and parameters and that girls performed slightly better than boys. Older students can easily combine these concepts to write a program. The multilanguage platform promotes student spontaneous exploration of more sophisticated CS concepts and languages. These findings imply that introducing CS in mandatory schooling from an inquiry based approach is both achievable and beneficial.
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Fil: Gómez, Marcos J. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; Argentina.
Fil: Benotti, Luciana. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; Argentina.
Fil: Benotti, Luciana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
Fil: Martínez, Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades; Argentina.
Fil: Martínez, Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
Otras Ciencias de la Computación e Información
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