CT-Blocks: Learning Computational Thinking by Snapping Blocks

Ravi, Vinayakumar; Soman, K P; Menon, Pradeep

doi:10.1109/icccnt.2018.8493669

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“…This section discusses the findings presented in section 3 regarding the adoption of CT for programming education at HEIs and the impacts of such studies on the students within the context of discuss. Although studies on the use of CT approach for teaching programming education at lower education exists [58]…”

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A Systematic Review of Computational Thinking Approach for Programming Education in Higher Education Institutions

Agbo

Oyelere

Suhonen

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the 19th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research

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This study examined how computational thinking (CT) has been used to teach problem-solving skills and programming education in the recent past. This study specifically (i) identified articles that discussed CT approach for programming education at higher education institutions (HEIs), (ii) classified the different CT approaches and tools employed for programming education at HEIs, (iii) synthesised and discussed results that are reported by relevant studies that utilized CT for teaching programming at HEIs. A systematic literature review methodology was adopted in this study. Out of 161 articles retrieved, 33 of them that met the inclusion criteria were reviewed. Our study revealed that the use of CT at HEIs for programming education began in 2010; many studies did not specify the context of use, but the use of CT is found to be gaining grounds in many contexts, especially the developed countries; course design approach was mostly employed by educators to introduce CT at HEIs for programming education. Furthermore, this study pointed out how CT approach can be explored for designing a smart learning environment to support students in learning computer programming.

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A Systematic Review of Computational Thinking Approach for Programming Education in Higher Education Institutions

Agbo

Oyelere

Suhonen

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the 19th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research

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“…Tuk tuk [84] -Teach computational thinking concepts using games. CT-Blocks [160] -Teach computational thinking skills. ChoiCo [60] Blockly Teach computational thinking via modifying games.…”

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DRAFT-What you always wanted to know but could not find about block-based environments

Merino,

Vinju,

Brand

2021

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Block-based environments are visual programming environments, which are becoming more and more popular because of their ease of use. The ease of use comes thanks to their intuitive graphical representation and structural metaphors (jigsaw-like puzzles) to display valid combinations of language constructs to the users. Part of the current popularity of block-based environments is thanks to Scratch.As a result they are often associated with tools for children or young learners. However, it is unclear how these types of programming environments are developed and used in general. So we conducted a systematic literature review on block-based environments by studying 152 papers published between 2014 and 2020, and a non-systematic tool review of 32 block-based environments. In particular, we provide a helpful inventory of block-based editors for end-users on different topics and domains. Likewise, we focused on identifying the main components of block-based environments, how they are engineered, and how they are used. This survey should be equally helpful for language engineering researchers and language engineers alike. CCS Concepts: • General and reference → Surveys and overviews; • Software and its engineering → Graphical user interface languages; Visual languages; Integrated and visual development environments.

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Workbench for Creating Block-Based Environments

Merino

Wijk²

2022

Proceedings of the 15th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering

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CT-Blocks: Learning Computational Thinking by Snapping Blocks

Cited by 3 publications

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A Systematic Review of Computational Thinking Approach for Programming Education in Higher Education Institutions

A Systematic Review of Computational Thinking Approach for Programming Education in Higher Education Institutions

DRAFT-What you always wanted to know but could not find about block-based environments

Workbench for Creating Block-Based Environments

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