loading
Papers Papers/2022 Papers Papers/2022

Research.Publish.Connect.

Paper

Paper Unlock

Authors: Erni Marlina Saari ; Peter Blanchfield and Gail Hopkins

Affiliation: University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Keyword(s): Computational Thinking, Flash Action Scripts, Trainee Teachers.

Related Ontology Subjects/Areas/Topics: Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems ; Computer-Supported Education ; Educating the Educators ; e-Learning ; Enterprise Information Systems ; Information Technologies Supporting Learning ; Intelligent Tutoring Systems ; Learning/Teaching Methodologies and Assessment

Abstract: The teaching of Computer programming is now mandated in UK state run primary and secondary schools but few elementary teachers have any exposure to programming and are generally from backgrounds that have not given them fluency in using such technology. This paper outlines an attempt to develop a training scheme for trainee teachers that will introduce them to computational thinking through the use of the Flash Action Script Development environment. It is believed that learning how to use this tool will provide them with greater motivation to learn how to program as the scripts will be used to develop teaching instruments that they might use in their classroom. The current paper reports progress on the development of a tool that will allow the teaching of Flash Action Scripts and the testing of this approach on groups of trainee and experienced teachers. It reports on an experiment and the relative level of enthusiasm, motivation and attitude of the experienced teachers and the train ee teachers both before and after exposure to the pilot tool. As expected the trainee teachers had a more positive attitude towards the potential of the learning tool but both groups had improved attitude and enthusiasm after the experiment. (More)

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Sign In Guest: Register as new SciTePress user now for free.

Sign In SciTePress user: please login.

PDF ImageMy Papers

You are not signed in, therefore limits apply to your IP address 13.58.45.238

In the current month:
Recent papers: 100 available of 100 total
2+ years older papers: 200 available of 200 total

Paper citation in several formats:
Saari, E.; Blanchfield, P. and Hopkins, G. (2015). Learning Computational Thinking Through the Use of Flash Action Scripts - Preparing Trainee Elementary School Teachers for Teaching Computer Programming. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - CSEDU; ISBN 978-989-758-108-3; ISSN 2184-5026, SciTePress, pages 75-84. DOI: 10.5220/0005442600750084

@conference{csedu15,
author={Erni Marlina Saari. and Peter Blanchfield. and Gail Hopkins.},
title={Learning Computational Thinking Through the Use of Flash Action Scripts - Preparing Trainee Elementary School Teachers for Teaching Computer Programming},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - CSEDU},
year={2015},
pages={75-84},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005442600750084},
isbn={978-989-758-108-3},
issn={2184-5026},
}

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - CSEDU
TI - Learning Computational Thinking Through the Use of Flash Action Scripts - Preparing Trainee Elementary School Teachers for Teaching Computer Programming
SN - 978-989-758-108-3
IS - 2184-5026
AU - Saari, E.
AU - Blanchfield, P.
AU - Hopkins, G.
PY - 2015
SP - 75
EP - 84
DO - 10.5220/0005442600750084
PB - SciTePress

- Science and Technology Publications, Lda.
RESOURCES

Proceedings

Papers

Authors

Ontology

CONTACTS

Science and Technology Publications, Lda
Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C,
2900-616 Setúbal, Portugal.

Phone: +351 265 520 185 (National fixed network call)
Fax: +351 265 520 186
Email: info@scitepress.org

EXTERNAL LINKS

PRIMORIS

INSTICC

SCITEVENTS

CROSSREF

PROCEEDINGS SUBMITTED FOR INDEXATION BY:

dblp

Ei Compendex

SCOPUS

Semantic Scholar

Google Scholar

Microsoft Academic