ABSTRACT Background and Context: Vygotsky's sociocultural theory emphasises the
importance of language, mediation, and the transfer of skills and knowledge from the social …

ABSTRACT Background and Context Since the surge of grounded cognition (GC) theories
in cognitive psychology, many studies have focused on demonstrating the importance of …

Prior research has shown that students face transition challenges between programming
languages (PL) over the course of their education. We could not find research attempting to …

Bugs in SCRATCH programs can spoil the fun and inhibit learning success. Many common
bugs are the result of recurring patterns of bad code. In this paper we present a collection of …

Novices enrolled in introductory programming courses often face many difficulties. These
difficulties are more emphasized when novices are K–12 students. Many new visual …

Hundreds of grassroots groups have sprung up around the world to teach programming,
web design, robotics, and other skills outside traditional classrooms. These groups exist so …

We propose a framework for identifying, organizing, and communicating learning objectives
that involve program semantics. In this framework, detailed learning objectives are written …

Abstract Background and Context Most studies about programming misconceptions are
conducted at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Since the age level for starting …

It is a natural part of a student's computing education to transfer from language to language,
hence adopting to a new programming language (PL) quickly is a necessary skill. Prior work …

Programmable robots are engaging and fun to play with, interact with the real world, and are
therefore well suited to introduce young learners to programming. Introductory robot …