Constructionist attempts at supporting the learning of computer programming: A survey

Michael Lodi; Dario Malchiodi; Mattia Monga; Anna Morpurgo; Bernadette Spieler

doi:10.15388/ioi.2019.07

Constructionist attempts at supporting the learning of computer programming: A survey

Michael Lodi, Dario Malchiodi, Mattia Monga, Anna Morpurgo, Bernadette Spieler

Institute of Software Technology (7160)

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Abstract

Although programming is often seen as a key element of constructionist approaches, the research on learning to program through a constructionist strategy is somewhat limited, mostly focusing on how to bring the abstract and formal nature of programming languages into “concrete”, possibly tangible objects, graspable even by children with limited abstraction power. We survey the literature in programming education and analyse some programming languages designed to help novices from a constructionist perspective.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	99-121
Number of pages	23
Journal	Olympiads in Informatics
Volume	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15388/ioi.2019.07
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019
Event	31st International Olympiad in Informatics, IOI 2019 - Baku, Azerbaijan Duration: 4 Aug 2019 → 11 Aug 2019

Keywords

Constructionism
Notional machine
Programming
Programming languages for learning

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Information Systems
Software
Computer Science Applications

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