code to learn in k-12?

CIRTA. Quebec, Canada

Code to learn in K-12?

Jesus Moreno Leon, Gregorio Robles

[email protected], [email protected]/Libresoft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

CIRTA. Quebec, CanadaOctober 11, 2016

Jesus Moreno Leon, Gregorio Robles Code to learn in K-12?


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Learn to code (I)

Logo programming language

Developed in the 1960s

Its educational impact wasintensively investigated inthe 70s and 80s

Students’ improvements inmaths (and otherdisciplines) were proved

“Disappeared” from theeducational landscape sincemid-90s

Seymour Papert’s picture: jgora.net



Learn to code (and II)

New visual programming languages

Alice, Greenfoot, Kodu, Scratch

Code.org, EU Code Week, Africa Code Week, ArabCode.org

Focused on shortage of IT professionals in the technologysector



Shortage in the IT sector (I)

Code.org stats.



Shortage in the IT sector (II)

ICT Professional jobs and demand in Europe 2012 - 2020



Shortage in the IT sector (and III)

A nation of coders?



Code to learn (I)

Another metaphor

The focus should shifttowards the educationalbenefits

Coding is not the end, is themean

More empirical research isrequired to provide evidenceon the educational impact ofprogramming

Let’s avoid that thisresurgence of programmingin schools disappears in afew years

Seymour Papert’s picture: jgora.netJesus Moreno Leon, Gregorio Robles Code to learn in K-12?


Code to learn (and II)

Code to learn: Where does it belong in the K-12 curriculum? Journal ofInformation Technology Education: Research, 15, 283-303



Educators need support

Enjoying while marking students’ projects



What is Dr. Scratch?



Assessment of CT development: Logical Thinking

Different levels of development of logical thinking: basic (top),developing (center) and proficient (bottom).



Dr. Scratch vs Expert judgement

Dr. Scratch contest award ceremony at Google Campus, Madrid(Spain)



Dr. Scratch vs Expert judgement (and II)



Dr. Scratch vs classic software engineering complexitymetrics (I)



Dr. Scratch vs classic software engineering complexitymetrics (II)



Dr. Scratch vs classic software engineering complexitymetrics (and III)



Dr. Scratch vs CT-test

One of the CT-test items



Dr. Scratch vs CT-test



Does Dr. Scratch foster CT skills? (I)

Workshop at CEIP Lope de Vega, Madrid (Spain)



Does Dr. Scratch foster CT skills? (II)



Does Dr. Scratch foster CT skills? (III)



Does Dr. Scratch foster CT skills? (IV)



Does Dr. Scratch foster CT skills? (V)



Does Dr. Scratch foster CT skills? (and VI)



Limitations

Teachers should not rely exclusively on Dr. Scratch

Fundamental CT skills not assessed: debuggingand remixing.

Functionality or creativity not evaluated.

Portfolio analysis would be more accurate.

Background picture: Robert Couse-Baker



Future Work

1 User accounts

2 Teacher dashboard

3 Organization dashboard

Background picture: Simon Cunningham



Learn more

Dr. Scratch references

Moreno, J., & Robles, G. (2014). Automatic detection of badprogramming habits in scratch: A preliminary study. In Frontiers inEducation Conference (FIE), 2014 IEEE (pp. 1-4). IEEE.

Moreno-Leon, J., Robles, G, & Roman-Gonzalez, M. (2015). Dr. Scratch:Automatic Analysis of Scratch Projects to Assess and FosterComputational Thinking. RED. Revista de Educacion a Distancia,15(46).

Moreno-Leon, J., Robles, G, & Roman-Gonzalez, M. (2016). Comparingcomputational thinking development assessment scores with softwarecomplexity metrics. In Global Engineering Education Conference(EDUCON), 2016 IEEE (in press). IEEE.



Code to learn in K-12?

Jesus Moreno Leon, Gregorio Robles

[email protected], [email protected]/Libresoft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

CIRTA. Quebec, CanadaOctober 11, 2016
