Paper Info
Title
The Effects of a Robot Game Environment on Computer Programming Education for Elementary School Students.
Abstract
In the past, computer programming was perceived as a task only carried out by computer scientists; in the 21st century, however, computer programming is viewed as a critical and necessary skill that everyone should learn. In order to improve teaching of problem-solving abilities in a computing environment, extensive research is being done on teaching–learning methods, types of teaching software, the educational environment, and related tools. This paper, based on diverse experimental results, proposes an environment where elementary students can easily learn and practice computer programming. The proposed robot game environment used a tangible programming tool with which students can easily create robot programs, without learning syntax, and then validate their programming results; it can also provide various game activities to incite students’ interest. Observation of elementary school students placed in the robot game environment confirmed the tool’s usability and entertainment aspects, and students’ attitudes toward programming and their understanding of programming concepts improved.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/TE.2016.2622227
IEEE Trans. Education
Keywords
Field
DocType
Programming profession,Games,Education,Robot sensing systems,Computers
Educational technology,Computer science,Usability,Software,Symbolic programming,Teaching method,Robot,Multimedia,Computer network programming,Computer programming
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
60
2
0018-9359
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.37
18
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jae-Kwoun Shim1100.84
DaiYoung Kwon2366.18
Won-Gyu Lee34910.91