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Engaging Children and Parents to Code Together Using the ScratchJr App
Visitor Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-02 , DOI: 10.1080/10645578.2020.1732184
Madhu Govind 1 , Emily Relkin 1 , Marina Umaschi Bers 1
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Abstract Educational tools and apps designed to teach coding and computational thinking to children have risen in popularity in the last several years. However, there is little research that explores how families with young children code together in informal environments. This study explored how children ages 5-7 and their parents jointly program with the ScratchJr app. N = 58 families attended ScratchJr Family Days, single-day events for families to engage in an interactive ScratchJr session. Three additional parent-child dyads participated in a follow-up observational study, in which they were videotaped while working on an open-ended ScratchJr activity. Findings indicated that parents reported engaging as observers and coaches, whereas children engaged as planners. There were moderate, positive associations between children’s prior coding interest and their engagement in debugging, as well as between children’s role as playmates and their engagement in the design process. Implications and opportunities for future research are discussed.

中文翻译:

使用 ScratchJr 应用程序让孩子和家长一起编写代码

摘要 在过去几年中,旨在向儿童教授编码和计算思维的教育工具和应用程序越来越受欢迎。然而,很少有研究探讨有小孩的家庭如何在非正式环境中一起编码。本研究探讨了 5-7 岁儿童及其父母如何使用 ScratchJr 应用程序共同编程。N = 58 个家庭参加了 ScratchJr 家庭日,这是家庭参与互动 ScratchJr 会议的单日活动。另外三个亲子二人组参与了一项后续观察性研究,他们在从事开放式 ScratchJr 活动时被录像。调查结果表明,父母报告说作为观察员和教练参与,而儿童则作为计划者参与。有温和的,儿童先前的编码兴趣与他们参与调试之间,以及儿童作为玩伴的角色与他们在设计过程中的参与之间存在正相关。讨论了未来研究的影响和机会。
更新日期:2020-01-02
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