TY - GEN
T1 - Kindergarten programming goes mobile - Should the next years be about ubiquity?
AU - Aladjem, Ruthi
AU - Kuperman, Asi
AU - Mioduser, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Association for Computing Machinery.
PY - 2017/6/27
Y1 - 2017/6/27
N2 - Over the past 50 years, since the introduction of the programmable floor turtle, the dyad learning/programming environment underwent several transformations. Each transformation brought about new questions regarding children's understanding, learning and programming performance. This paper describes results from a preliminary study analyzing the current transformation from desktop to mobile-based learning/programming by kindergarten children. Observations of children's performance and semi structured interviews with teachers were conducted. The findings unveiled three key themes, namely, changes in programmers' perspectives, changes in foci and learning patterns in different programming modes, and changes in patterns of collaboration among peers. The preliminary findings serve as basis for planning further systematic research on the design of mobile-based programming environments for kindergarten children.
AB - Over the past 50 years, since the introduction of the programmable floor turtle, the dyad learning/programming environment underwent several transformations. Each transformation brought about new questions regarding children's understanding, learning and programming performance. This paper describes results from a preliminary study analyzing the current transformation from desktop to mobile-based learning/programming by kindergarten children. Observations of children's performance and semi structured interviews with teachers were conducted. The findings unveiled three key themes, namely, changes in programmers' perspectives, changes in foci and learning patterns in different programming modes, and changes in patterns of collaboration among peers. The preliminary findings serve as basis for planning further systematic research on the design of mobile-based programming environments for kindergarten children.
KW - Educational robotics
KW - Mobile programming environment
KW - Young children
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85026328315&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3078072.3079737
DO - 10.1145/3078072.3079737
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AN - SCOPUS:85026328315
T3 - IDC 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children
SP - 304
EP - 309
BT - IDC 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 16th International ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2017
Y2 - 27 June 2017 through 30 June 2017
ER -