O ensino de programação é uma tarefa complexa. Diversas pesquisas apontam problemas
que vão desde a dificuldade dos alunos em compreender os conceitos de programação até …

To successfully bring introductory computing to non-CS majors, one needs to create a
curriculum that will appeal to students from diverse disciplines. Several educational theories …

As computing becomes pervasive across fields, introductory computing curricula needs new
tools to motivate and educate the influx of learners with little prior background and divergent …

Teachers have used various approaches and tools to introduce computing concepts in
motivating contexts. In this article, we review contextualized programming education in …

Data science keeps growing in popularity as an introductory computing experience, in which
students answer real-world questions by processing data. Armed with carefully prepared …

This paper describes the design and initial assessment of a general education course in
computational thinking for non-computer science majors. The key elements of the course …

Computer programming is a challenge for students and a major reason why people avoid
Computer Science courses. Investigating alternative teaching methods is essential to …

As block-based environments are used for more mature audiences, the environments must
mature themselves. Based on holistic theories of academic motivation, this means making …

Teach students how to program is the main goal of most introductory CS courses. In fact,
programming is one of the basic skills a professional in CS should have. However, there are …

Block-based programming languages were originally designed for educational purposes.
Due to their low requirements for a user's programming capability, such languages have …