Introduction to programming logic in elementary school: an analysis of the experience of students with Code.org
Abstract
Computational thinking and logical reasoning increase the ability to deduce and solve problems, and their learning is important in the early school years. This fact motivated the experience of introducing concepts of programming logic in elementary school. For that, an experience with the Code.org platform is presented with 91 students, 45 girls, from the final years of elementary school (6th and 7th year). In this article, we will focus on analyzing the experience of using the platform from the students' point of view. The objective of the experiment was to present basic programming commands, offering students mechanisms to solve challenges. To evaluate this experience, a questionnaire provided by the MEEGA + KIDS model was used.
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