Paper Info
Title
Applying a Gesture Taxonomy to Introductory Computing Concepts.
Abstract
Gestures, or spontaneous hand movements produced when talking, are an untapped resource for understanding student knowledge in computing education. This paper develops a conceptual framework to support future studies of learning and teaching that incorporate gesture studies in programming contexts. In particular, this paper introduces how gesture has been used to study teaching and learning in another discipline, mathematics; critically reviews and interprets what concepts and methods may be most relevant to programming contexts; and also discusses what unique challenges programming contexts present to studies of gesture (e.g. differences in abstract versus concrete). We ground our understandings of gesture by using an observational study where we observed novice students learning to program. This paper concludes by suggesting potential avenues for future research in computing education that incorporate analyses of gesture in studies of teaching and learning.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1145/3230977.3231001
ICER
Keywords
Field
DocType
gesture, taxonomy, abstract, concrete
Observational study,Gesture,Computer science,Knowledge management,Mathematics education,Conceptual framework,Student learning
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4503-5628-2
0
0.34
References 
Authors
5
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Amber Solomon133.21
Mark Guzdial22274354.35
Betsy DiSalvo39516.10
Ben Rydal Shapiro473.92