The beauty and joy of computing

Garcia, Dan; Harvey, Brian; Barnes, Tiffany

doi:10.1145/2835184

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“…[12], address the challenges of syntax errors by attempting to reduce or eliminate them altogether. The effectiveness of block editors has been evaluated in a number of comparative studies.…”

Section: Comparing Blocks and Textmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Programming environments and courses designed for novices often feature innovations to ease the burden of syntax, such as improved error messages [9,11], more intuitive programming languages [23,30] and block-based editors which avoid syntax errors altogether [8,12,29]. However, improved error messages are not always effective [9,26], and block-based editors may have unforeseen consequences on programming behavior [25] and be perceived as less authentic by students [27,33].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evaluation of a Frame-based Programming Editor

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Lipovac

et al. 2016

Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research

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Frame-based editing is a novel way to edit programs, which claims to combine the benefits of textual and block-based programming. It combines structured 'frames' of preformatted code, designed to reduce the burden of syntax, with 'slots' that allow for efficient textual entry of expressions. We present an empirical evaluation of Stride, a frame-based language used in the Greenfoot IDE. We compare two groups of middle school students who worked on a short programming activity in Greenfoot, one using the original Java editor, and one using the Stride editor. We found that the two groups reported similarly low levels of frustration and high levels of satisfaction, but students using Stride progressed through the activity more quickly and completed more objectives. The Stride group also spent significantly less time making purely syntactic edits to their code and significantly less time with non-compilable code.

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Section: Comparing Blocks and Textmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of a Frame-based Programming Editor

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Brown

Lipovac

et al. 2016

Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research

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“…These five projects have been recognized by the College Board and the National Science Foundation as likely capable of such support. The projects are Project Lead the Way (PLTW) [4], Code.org [5], Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC) [6], Mobile CSP [7], and Thriving in our Digital World [8].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles (APCSP)

Astrachan

Osborne²

2016

Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education

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“…In line with other courses [9,26], this course introduces students to two languages: for the first 5 weeks, students learn a blockbased language, in this case Alice; for the remaining 6 weeks, they learn Python. To give a sense of the scope of the course, the most complicated problems explored will require reading in data from a text file, storing it in a data structure requiring some combination of lists and dictionaries, processing the data structure in some way usually according to user input, and finally writing results either to screen or back into a file.…”

Section: Course Designmentioning

confidence: 99%