Design and development of a low-cost tangible programming environment for children
There are many studies that demonstrate that contact with programming has a positive impact on the development of children's cognitive and socio-emotional skills. Programming has been discussed as a way to stimulate the development of computational thinking in children. However, there are barri...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas
2017
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| Online Access: | https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/tsc/article/view/14491 |
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| Summary: | There are many studies that demonstrate that contact with programming has a positive impact on the development of children's cognitive and socio-emotional skills. Programming has been discussed as a way to stimulate the development of computational thinking in children. However, there are barriers to learning programming; one of them is the fact that most existing programming languages are based on abstractions in the form of texts and symbols that are difficult for them to understand. A potentially easier way to introduce children to programming is Tangible Interfaces. The Tangible Interfaces approach proposes to embed computational elements in concrete materials, creating a didactic resource that combines the advantages of physical manipulation with the multimedia interaction provided by technology.
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| ISSN: | 2318-8839 |
