Robert Whyte
Designing for Integrated K-5 Computing and Literacy through Story-making Activities
Whyte, Robert; Ainsworth, Shaaron; Medwell, Jane
Authors
Professor SHAARON AINSWORTH shaaron.ainsworth@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Learning Sciences
JANE MEDWELL Jane.Medwell@nottingham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Abstract
Proponents of computing education have long stressed the value of computing for learning in other disciplines. Much of the research towards this end has focused on supporting learning in science, engineering, and mathematics (or STEM). However, a trend towards computing in non-STEM disciplines is growing, yet the research base is more limited. We add to this emerging area of research by investigating the potential for integrating computing and literacy education. This paper reports the results of a six-week intervention during an after-school program in a British primary school. We describe the development of a curriculum unit and report on the first iterative cycle in a design-based research project. Our analysis shows that integrating programming and literacy activities supported novice learners in areas of computing such as algorithm design and program execution through a combination of short problem-based tasks and longer project-based activities. Likewise, programming supported learners in creating digital stories by visualizing narrative structure though some caveats were found. We discuss the results of this study and implications for future work in this area.
Citation
Whyte, R., Ainsworth, S., & Medwell, J. (2019). Designing for Integrated K-5 Computing and Literacy through Story-making Activities. In ICER '19: Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (167-175). https://doi.org/10.1145/3291279.3339425
Conference Name | ICER '19: International Computing Education Research Conference |
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Conference Location | Toronto ON Canada |
Start Date | Aug 12, 2019 |
End Date | Aug 14, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 30, 2019 |
Publication Date | Jul 30, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Jul 16, 2021 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 167-175 |
Book Title | ICER '19: Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research |
ISBN | 9781450361859 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1145/3291279.3339425 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5787980 |
Publisher URL | https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3291279.3339425 |
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