Using Scratch to Support the Teaching-Learning Process of Programming for Beginners in Distance Education

• Viviane Cristina Oliveira Aureliano UFPE / IFPE
• Patrícia Cabral de Azevedo Restelli Tedesco UFPE

Abstract

Nowadays, one of the biggest challenges of Computer Education area is how to teach programming. In this context, this paper presents a study aimed at evaluating the potential of Scratch in the process of teaching and learning programming to beginners in distance learning from the student point of view. The results indicate that the students’ opinions about Scratch were divided. However, the reasons given by these students regarding the use of Scratch constitute the most important contribution of this work.

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