Unplugged Memory: A Report of an Unplugged Activity in High School Education with a Technical Specialization in Brazil

Pedro Clarindo da Silva Neto, Arthur Octavio Confessor, Suellen Lages, João Paulo Delgado Preti, Tiago de Alameida Lacerda, Thiessa Esteves Leite

2025

Abstract

Courses such as Algorithms and Programming Language face significant challenges in High School technical education in Brazil due to the high levels of abstraction required, leading to low grades, high repetition, and dropout rates. To address these issues, unplugged activities were implemented in the Programming Fundamentals course to foster Computational Thinking concepts: decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithm design. These activities included the creation of board games designed to simplify complex topics such as dynamic memory allocation and pointers. By breaking down abstract concepts into tangible and playful activities, students demonstrated greater engagement and reduced learning barriers. The feedback of the students indicated high satisfaction with the approach, highlighting its potential to bridge the gap between foundational and advanced technical concepts. This paper introduces Unplugged Computing as a practical strategy for improving the teaching-learning process in Programming Fundamentals during the year 2023.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Neto P., Confessor A., Lages S., Preti J., Lacerda T. and Leite T. (2025). Unplugged Memory: A Report of an Unplugged Activity in High School Education with a Technical Specialization in Brazil. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU; ISBN 978-989-758-746-7, SciTePress, pages 649-653. DOI: 10.5220/0013185200003932

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu25,
author={Pedro Neto and Arthur Confessor and Suellen Lages and João Preti and Tiago Lacerda and Thiessa Leite},
title={Unplugged Memory: A Report of an Unplugged Activity in High School Education with a Technical Specialization in Brazil},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU},
year={2025},
pages={649-653},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013185200003932},
isbn={978-989-758-746-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU
TI - Unplugged Memory: A Report of an Unplugged Activity in High School Education with a Technical Specialization in Brazil
SN - 978-989-758-746-7
AU - Neto P.
AU - Confessor A.
AU - Lages S.
AU - Preti J.
AU - Lacerda T.
AU - Leite T.
PY - 2025
SP - 649
EP - 653
DO - 10.5220/0013185200003932
PB - SciTePress