Developing computational thinking in early ages: a review of the code.org Platform

This article reports a pedagogical experience developed within the scope of a Ph.D. program in Electrical and Computer Engineering with application to Education. Starting with a contextualization on the evolution of computers and Computational Thinking, the article describes the platform used in thi...

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Main Author: Barradas, Rolando (author)
Other Authors: Lencastre, José Alberto (author), Soares, Salviano (author), Valente, António (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1822/65432
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/65432
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Summary:This article reports a pedagogical experience developed within the scope of a Ph.D. program in Electrical and Computer Engineering with application to Education. Starting with a contextualization on the evolution of computers and Computational Thinking, the article describes the platform used in this study - code.org -, highlighting the strengths that captivate the students. In the Case Study topic, we describe the study carried out, starting with a description of the students involved, followed by a description of the process and the analysis of the results, ending with the evaluation process performed by the students. The article ends concluding that code.org is a valid option to develop computational thinking at early-ages.