Kids Block Coding Game: A game to introduce programming to kids   

Abstract

In the near future, many areas will need at least a basic knowledge of computer science. Nonetheless, studies have shown that professors are currently having trouble teaching those same concepts in universities. In consequence, the idea of introducing programming theory to children is trending. This article presents a game that provides problems for the user to solve using blocks. The game targets the six to eleven age range, although it supports other ages as well. User trials affected the product through the development phase, changing user interaction and game design. A few children have already tested the final product and the results were positive: the tool was regarded as being fun, educational, and engaging.

Developing Educational Toy for Enhancing Elementary Students’ Computational Thinking Skills by Using Design Thinking Process

“…In this way, a block programming environment can prevent syntax errors while maintaining programming practices by collecting instructions one at a time. (Forquesato & Borin, 2018) (Weintrop, 2019) states that block-based programming has writing features that support beginners like elementary school students. For example, block-based programming presents an existing set of instructions to users as of jigsaw boxes that are easy to browse in which users can drag commands to their program (Figure 2).…”

“…The researcher has recognized the importance of computational thinking learning management. In the study titled "Kids Block Coding Game: A game to introduce programming to kids" (Forquesato, L. E. T. and Borin, J. F., 2018), it was found that "the sooner students begin to learn abstract theoretical concepts, the faster students can understand the content and learn more easily. and can be easily applied to the next level or applied at a higher level."…”

A Computation Model for Learning Programming and Emotional Intelligence

“…For this purpose, Forquesato and Borin introduced basic programming to kids by using block coding games. Their model provided help in teaching basic computational thinking and logic building to children via block programming [45].…”

“…A thoroughly conducted literature survey is presented in Table I. Some of the research works [14], [45], [46], [47], [48] efficiently tutored programming concepts to kids, but they were somehow lagging in improving their emotional intelligence capabilities. The researches [38], [39], [41] work on the learning of emotional intelligence.…”

“…The researches [38], [39], [41] work on the learning of emotional intelligence. Whereas, the works [14], [25], [40], [41], [47], [48] involve robots and the works [38], [39], [45], [46] used other methods.…”