ABSTRACT Background and Context: Vygotsky's sociocultural theory emphasises the
importance of language, mediation, and the transfer of skills and knowledge from the social …

With the rise of Computational Thinking (CT) instruction at the elementary level, it is
imperative that elementary computing instruction support a variety of learners. A popular …

Hundreds of grassroots groups have sprung up around the world to teach programming,
web design, robotics, and other skills outside traditional classrooms. These groups exist so …

Introduction Despite the growing importance of teaching and learning computational
thinking (CT) through programming in schools, research has shown major individual …

With the rise of Computational Thinking (CT) instruction at the elementary level, it is
imperative for elementary computing instruction to support a variety of learners. TIPP&SEE is …

Motivation. In education, classroom talk is a vital aspect of a lesson, and programming
education is no exception. While the role of language and dialogue has been researched in …

This paper is a companion to my keynote address at the 9th Computer Science Education
Research Conference (CSERC'20). I review the research that led to my three stage neo …

Introducing computational thinking in primary school curricula implies that teachers have to
prepare appropriate lesson material. Typically this includes creating programming tasks …

This paper develops a method for the construction and evaluation of cognitive models to
support students in their problem-solving skills during robotics in school, aiming to build a …

The implementation of computational thinking concepts in primary school curricula usually
includes programming activities. As primary school teachers often lack subject knowledge …