Accelerating k-12 computational thinking using scaffolding, staging, and abstraction

SIGCSE 2013 - Proceedings of the 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 609-614

  Touretzky, David S ^a   Marghitu, Daniela ^b   Ludi, Stephanie ^c   Bernstein, Debra ^d   Ni, Lijun ^e  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rochester Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d TERC   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alice; Computational thinking; Kodu; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ROBOTICS; SCAFFOLDS; STUDENTS;

ALICE; COMPUTATIONAL THINKINGS; FRAME-WORK; KODU; LEGO NXT; NOVEL STRATEGIES; STAGE MODELS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 84876244689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2445196.2445374     Document Type: Conference Paper

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