Impacts of Block-based Programming on Young Learners' Programming Skills and Attitudes in the Context of Smart Environments

Abstract

Programming difficulties Lack of Syntactic Knowledge Lack of Conceptual Knowledge Lack of Strategic Knowledge Topics interesting Smart Environments Mobile Robots Tangible Artifacts Block-based Programming Tangible and Smart Objects and Environments Design and Development of Block-based Programming Tool Encourage them to begin with programming activities Improving their attitudes towards programming and computer science Fostering their programming performance (acquisition of basic programming skills)