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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Computational Concepts"”.
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Just making faces? : animatronics, children and computation
… a framework for design of spaces for introducing computational concepts. Existing work is revisited before presenting a new system called CTRLSPACE, specifically built to as an alternate method of conveying computational concepts to young children ages four to seven.
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Progression of computational thinking skills demonstrated by App Inventor users
… My objective is to understand how people learn computational thinking concepts while creating mobile applications with App Inventor. In particular, I am interested in the relationship between the development of sophistication in using App Inventor functionality and the development of …
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Collaboratively Learning Computational Thinking
Skill sets such as understanding and applying computational concepts are essential prerequisites for success in the 21st century. One can learn computational concepts by taking a traditional course offered in a school or by self-guided learning through an online platform. Collaborative learning has …
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Digital Storybooks to Teach Children Computer Science and Address Common Misconceptions
… is a web-based platform developed to teach computational concepts to elementary and middle school-aged children. The platform hosts many interactive digital books that teach various computational concepts from bits and bytes to artificial intelligence using themes that children can easily …
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Learning with data : a toolkit to democratize the computational exploration of data
… and enable explorations of a new set of concepts and powerful ideas. To establish the validity of this argument, this thesis introduces a learning framework for the computational exploration of online data, a system that enables children to program with online data, and then finally …
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Curlybot : designing a new class of computational toys
… a strong intuition for advanced mathematical and computational concepts, like differential geometry, through play outside a traditional computer. Preliminary studies show that children can create gestures quickly, allowing them to iterate on the patterns that emerge, and successfully understanding …
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Coding in the Curriculum: Learning Computational Practices and Concepts, Creative Problem Solving Skills, and Academic Content in Ten to Fourteen-Year-Old Children
… has yet to embrace widespread incorporation of computational concepts within traditional curricular content and instruction. Researchers have posited that exercises in computational thinking can result in gains in other academic areas (Baytak & Land, 2011; Olive, 1991), but their studies aimed …
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New materials for teaching computational thinking in early childhood education
… classrooms. Computers are powerful tools, and computational thinking-skills of problem-solving, logic, and abstraction that form the foundation of computer science-can be applied across other disciplines. Many current approaches to computer science education use computer screens. Though …
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Scratch Memories : visualizations that empower children to celebrate and reflect on their creative trajectories
… can automatically assess children's progress in computational learning by analyzing the data being generated by their participation. Many of these approaches are looking at children's data with a narrow lens, often using it to generate dashboards that are primarily designed for educators, and …
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Do-it-yourself devices : personal fabrication of custom electronic products
… that people take in these activities; the computational concepts, skills, and practices they develop; and strategies for engaging them. Finally, the investigations reveal multiple values for the personal fabrication of electronic products, including its ability to
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Enhancing Computational Thinking Skills of the Future Construction Workforce to Perform Sensor Data Analytics with End-User Programming Environment
… comprehension difficulties regarding essential computational concepts and procedural workflows. This ultimately restricts the workforce's ability to convert data into actionable insights for informed decision-making. To bridge similar skill gaps, end-user programming offers considerable …