Most programs today are written not by professional software developers, but by people with
expertise in other domains working towards goals for which they need computational …

With the increasing use of robotics in education, this study examined the influence of
educational robotics on K-12 students' creativity and problem-solving skills by using Meta …

This study attempts to investigate the effect of teaching code. org site on reflective thinking
skills towards problem solving. More specifically, this study attempts to investigate whether …

We describe Storytelling Alice, a programming environment that introduces middle school
girls to computer programming as a means to the end of creating 3D animated stories …

Developing children as successful learners is a key aim of A Curriculum for Excellence in
Scotland. This paper presents qualitative results from an eight week exploratory field study …

Computers are often used as tools to design, implement, and even visualize a variety of
narrative forms. Many researchers and artists are now further attempting to engage the …

Gender has been consistently controlled as a variable in usability and playability tests.
However, there is no consensus on whether and how gender differences should influence …

Understanding the computational concepts on which countless digital applications run offers
learners the opportunity to no longer simply read such media but also become more …

Can a set of articulated and tested methodologies be created whose endpoint is the reliable
capacity for taking activist social themes into account? In this paper we explore a variety of …

ABSTRACT Background and Context Historically, women have been underrepresented in
computer science. To address this gender gap, researchers advocate for high-quality …