Video Evidence of Computational Thinking and Tinkering Dimensions in Programming and Robotics Maker Activities

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Short Description

In a foundation-funded project to establish an after-school maker club in a public, all-girls middle school, 69 girls recorded 150 FlipGrid videos after completing programming and robotics projects, responding to question prompts designed to elicit computational thinking. A qualitative analysis of video transcripts revealed how effectively maker activities supported touted computational thinking practices and dispositions as well as tinkering dimensions recommended for makerspaces. The study helps to inform maker activity design and related assessment strategies.

Authors

• Contributor: Duncan Culbreth, North Carolina State University

• Presenter: Kevin Matthew Oliver, North Carolina State University