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Authors: Ilenia Fronza ; Claus Pahl and Boris Sušanj

Affiliation: Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Piazza Domenicani 3, 39100 Bolzano, Italy

Keyword(s): Software Engineering, End-user Software Engineering, Computational Thinking, K-12.

Abstract: In the current labor market, a large number of people engage in programming activities, even without being trained developers. Fostering Software Engineering (SE) principles at the K-12 level can increase the quality of the code that students will write in their future careers. Middle school students usually learn Computer Science (CS) as part of other disciplines; thus, the challenge is achieving the CS learning objectives and foster SE principles while fulfilling the curricular objectives. In this work, we describe a didactic module and its assessment framework; moreover, we report the results of a classroom experience that shows the effectiveness of the proposed approach. This work provides educators with a practical example of how to cover several areas of technology in a way for middle school students to be engaged and to spark future interest. The results encourage us to work on the development of the next modules dedicated to middle schools.

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Paper citation in several formats:
Fronza, I.; Pahl, C. and Sušanj, B. (2020). Teaching Software Engineering Principles in Middle Schools by Combining Robotics and Blogging. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU; ISBN 978-989-758-417-6; ISSN 2184-5026, SciTePress, pages 350-357. DOI: 10.5220/0009341303500357

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title={Teaching Software Engineering Principles in Middle Schools by Combining Robotics and Blogging},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU},
year={2020},
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TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU
TI - Teaching Software Engineering Principles in Middle Schools by Combining Robotics and Blogging
SN - 978-989-758-417-6
IS - 2184-5026
AU - Fronza, I.
AU - Pahl, C.
AU - Sušanj, B.
PY - 2020
SP - 350
EP - 357
DO - 10.5220/0009341303500357
PB - SciTePress