Block Programming Applied to the Teaching of Computational Thinking: A Systematic Mapping

• Lucas de Lima Sousa Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú
• Eder Jacques Farias Universidade Federal do Ceará
• Windson Viana de Carvalho Federal University of Ceará https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8627-0823

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/cbie.sbie.2020.1513

Abstract

In recent years, Computational Thinking (CT) has been gaining prominence on the world stage, and many researches point to the block programming paradigm as one of the main alternatives for teaching PC to people who have no programming experience. In this sense, this work proposes the realization of a Systematic Mapping Studies (SMS) on the use of block programming in the teaching of CT. During the SMS some important information was revealed, such as: which stages of formal education are studies most applied to, which are the most used tools, which types of assessment are adopted and in which countries this type of study is focused on.

Keywords: Block Programming, Computational Thinking, Teaching

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