Scratch Options! Using programming to Approach Social-Emotionally Challenging Situations in Grade 4 Classrooms
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Beitragende
Abstract
Even though fostering computational thinking (CT) and social-emotional skills has been an area of interest in educational research and practice for many years, the simultaneous support of CT and social-emotional skills has not yet been investigated. To address this gap, we developed a workshop to help Grade 4 students work on social-emotionally challenging situations using the Scratch programming language (scratch.mit.edu). Students are encouraged to create interactive stories around problematic situations that might occur in the classroom (e.g., bullying). Then, using cooperative learning methods, they are asked to elaborate different options for reacting to such situations. These options are then programmed by the students using Scratch. We apply a mixed-methods approach to assess (a) the workshop's feasibility, (b) students’ acceptance of the concept, (c) the impact on students’ CT and (d) the impact on students’ problem solving in social-emotionally challenging situations. In this ongoing study, we thus use interviews and questionnaires with teachers and students, classroom observation, think aloud protocols, and screencasts for the students programming with Scratch.
Details
Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Titel | Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2021 |
Redakteure/-innen | Carsten Busch, Martin Steinicke, Regina Frieß, Tilo Wendler |
Herausgeber (Verlag) | Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited |
Seiten | 658-661 |
Seitenumfang | 4 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781914587191 |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - Okt. 2021 |
Peer-Review-Status | Ja |
Publikationsreihe
Reihe | Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL |
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ISSN | 2048-8637 |
Konferenz
Titel | 20th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2021 |
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Dauer | 28 - 29 Oktober 2021 |
Stadt | Virtual, Online |
Externe IDs
ORCID | /0000-0002-8050-4449/work/148145569 |
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Mendeley | 6515f976-8445-3e89-a8ab-d803bdc9111b |
Schlagworte
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Schlagwörter
- Computational thinking, Grades 4 and 5, Programming, Scratch, Social-emotional skills