Information and Learning Sciences: Volume 120 Issue 5/6
Table of contents - Special Issue: Learning to Code, Coding to Learn: Youth and Computational Thinking
Guest Editors: Hong Huang, Eric M. Meyers
Generating gameworlds with computers: the case for procedural creativity
Matthew Jason Wells, Jason BoydDespite the popularity of the Computational Thinking (CT) paradigm and the call for broad social diffusion of CS fundamentals, the authors argue that the concept is inherently…
Unfold studio: supporting critical literacies of text and code
Chris Proctor, Paulo BliksteinThis research aims to explore how textual literacy and computational literacy can support each other and combine to create literacies with new critical possibilities. It describes…
Teachers’ goals predict computational thinking gains in robotics
Eben B. Witherspoon, Christian D. SchunnComputational thinking (CT) is widely considered to be an important component of teaching generalizable computer science skills to all students in a range of learning…
Youth perspectives on their development in a coding community
Ricarose Roque, Natalie RuskMany initiatives are seeking to engage children in learning to code. However, few studies have examined how children’s engagement in learning and using coding develops over time…
“I like computers. I hate coding”: a portrait of two teens’ experiences
Paulina HaduongSome empirical evidence suggests that historically marginalized young people may enter introductory programming experiences with skepticism or reluctance, because of negative…
Supporting women’s persistence in computing and technology: A case for compulsory critical coding?
Joanna Weidler-Lewis, Wendy DuBow, Alexis Kaminsky, Tim WestonThis paper aims to investigate what factors influence women’s meaningful and equitable persistence in computing and technology fields. It draws on theories of learning and equity…
Developing a Scratch-based coding achievement test
Ömer Demir, Süleyman Sadi SeferoğluThe lack of a reliable and valid measurement tool for coding achievement emerges as a major problem in Turkey. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop a Scratch-based…

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