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

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelProceedings of the 20th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2021
Redakteure/-innenCarsten Busch, Martin Steinicke, Regina Frieß, Tilo Wendler
Herausgeber (Verlag)Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited
Seiten658-661
Seitenumfang4
ISBN (Print)9781914587191
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Okt. 2021
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Publikationsreihe

ReiheProceedings of the European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL
ISSN2048-8637

Konferenz

Titel20th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2021
Dauer28 - 29 Oktober 2021
StadtVirtual, Online

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-8050-4449/work/148145569
Mendeley 6515f976-8445-3e89-a8ab-d803bdc9111b

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Computational thinking, Grades 4 and 5, Programming, Scratch, Social-emotional skills