Title
Computational Thinking And Down Syndrome: An Exploratory Study Using The Kibo Robot
Abstract
Computational thinking and coding are key competencies in the 21st century. People with Down syndrome need to be part of this new literacy. For this reason, in this work, we present an exploratory study carried out with students with Down syndrome with cognitive ages of 3-6 years old using a tangible robot We applied the observational method during the sessions to analyze the participants' emotional states, engagement, and comprehension of the programming sequences. Results show that people with cognitive disabilities can acquire basic programming and computational skills using tangible robots such as KIBO.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.3390/informatics6020025
INFORMATICS-BASEL
Keywords
DocType
Volume
computational thinking, coding, programming, robotics, Down syndrome
Journal
6
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
2227-9709
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.37
0
7