“It's a chance to make mistakes”: Processes and outcomes of coding in 2nd grade classrooms

Egbert, Joy; Shahrokni, Seyed Abdollah; Abobaker, Reima; Borysenko, Nataliia

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104173

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“…This may be achieved by guiding students through reflecting upon their problem-solving strategies, as was previously demonstrated in various domains (Cengiz & Karataş, 2015; C. H. Lin & Liu, 2012; Mason & Singh, 2016). Within the context of self-paced online learning environments, such a reflective process could be guided by a virtual agent (Egbert et al, 2021; Moechammad Sarosa et al, 2021).…”

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Types of Errors in Block Programming: Driven by Learner, Learning Environment

Ben-Yaacov

Hershkovitz

2022

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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Block programming has been suggested as a way of engaging young learners with the foundations of programming and computational thinking in a syntax-free manner. Indeed, syntax errors—which form one of two broad categories of errors in programming, the other one being logic errors—are omitted while block programming. However, this does not mean that errors are omitted at large in such environments. In this exploratory case study of a learning environment for early programming (Kodetu), we explored errors in block programming of middle school students ( N = 123), using log files drawn from a block-based online. Analyzing 1033 failed executions, we found that errors may be driven by either learners’ knowledge and behavior, or by the learning environment design. The rate of error types was not associated with the learners’ and contextual variables examined, with the exception of task complexity (as defined by SOLO taxonomy). Our findings highlight the importance of learning from errors and of learning environment design.

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“…H. Lin & Liu, 2012;Mason & Singh, 2016). Within the context of self-paced online learning environments, such a reflective process could be guided by a virtual agent (Egbert et al, 2021;Moechammad Sarosa et al, 2021).…”

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Types of Errors in Block Programming: Driven by Learner, Learning Environment

Ben-Yaacov

Hershkovitz

2022

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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“…However, several other significant factors should be noticed, such as cognitive needs, organization (Strawhacker & Bers, 2019), logistical challenges (Woo et al, 2021), and the provision of feedback (Evripidou et al, 2021). It is asserted that educators require ideas for integrating concepts of coding, CT, and robots into their instruction (Egbert et al, 2021), so as to assist in students’ programming learning. Therefore, it may be essential to adopt knowledge-construction strategies or tools to aid students in interpreting, organizing, and externalizing their internal knowledge structures (Watson et al, 2016).…”

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“…Some previous research has stated that BBP is capable of enhancing students' programming achievements and problem-solving skills (Egbert et al, 2021), but may fail to contribute to their perceptions of self-efficacy; compared to BBP environments, educational robotics is regarded as a more effective approach to improving students' self-confidence and computational thinking (Kert et al, 2020). Educational robotics has been an attractive approach for promoting young learners' computational thinking, due to the direct interaction with a robot and the observability of the immediate impacts (Angeli & Valanides, 2020).…”

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Fostering Computational Thinking and Problem-Solving in Programming: Integrating Concept Maps Into Robot Block-Based Programming

Chen,

Chung

2023

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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Computational thinking (CT) has gained considerable attention and in-depth discussion over the last two decades. Although the significance of CT has been highlighted, it could be challenging for educators to teach CT. Fortunately, adopting robots in education has been evidenced to be of benefit to promoting students’ learning motivation, CT, and higher-order thinking skills. However, several significant factors affecting students’ programming performances in robot-assisted learning activities have been identified, such as cognitive needs and organization. In this study, a CMR-BBP (concept map robot block-based programming) approach was designed by integrating concept maps into robot block-based programming to enhance students’ programming learning. Moreover, a three-group experiment was carried out in an elementary school to evaluate their learning outcomes. The experimental results revealed that the CMR-BBP approach benefited the students’ perceptions of their computational thinking and problem solving in comparison with the R-BBP (robot block-based programming) and C-BBP (conventional block-based programming) approaches. Furthermore, regarding cognitive load, both the CMR-BBP and R-BBP approaches enhanced the students’ germane cognitive load, while the CMR-BBP approach effectively reduced their extrinsic cognitive load. This study could be a notable reference for designing other courses in conjunction with programming learning activities.

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Developing K-12 students’ programming ability: A systematic literature review

Sun

Zhou

2022

Educ Inf Technol

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“It's a chance to make mistakes”: Processes and outcomes of coding in 2nd grade classrooms

Cited by 7 publications

References 34 publications

Types of Errors in Block Programming: Driven by Learner, Learning Environment

Types of Errors in Block Programming: Driven by Learner, Learning Environment

Fostering Computational Thinking and Problem-Solving in Programming: Integrating Concept Maps Into Robot Block-Based Programming

Developing K-12 students’ programming ability: A systematic literature review

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