Trends in Tools to Teach Computational Thinking through Elementary Coding

• In Event: RTD- Tools & Strategies to Enhance Teaching & Learning (h)

Short Description

Coding is an essential 21st-century literacy, becoming increasingly compulsory in educational systems worldwide. Consequently, there has been an explosion of tools designed to teach coding to children. In this study, we created a comprehensive list of tools whose primary intent is to enable and teach children to code. From this list, we outlined a framework for the classification of tools. We then reviewed current research to determine how tools are used to teach elementary coding.

Authors

• Presenter: Peter Jacob Rich, Brigham Young University

• Contributor: Scott Bartholomew, Purdue University

• Presenter: Megan Swanson, Brigham Young University

• Contributor: Kenzie Dinsmoor, Brigham Young University

• Contributor: Ellyse Winward, Brigham Young University

• Contributor: Connor Reynolds, Brigham Young University

• Presenter: Jessica Yauney, Brigham Young University

• Contributor: Meagan Nielsen, Brigham Young University

• Contributor: David Daniel, Brigham Young University