Teaching young children to code.
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Gearoid Maguire
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October 22, 2013
Hi all
I am a 3rd level mature student at Letterkenny Institute of Technology in Donegal, Ireland studying Applied Computing. I am very interested in early coding/programming for young children and believe that it can be beneficial to children on many levels.
I am working on a thesis (Does teaching young children to code benefit their education) as part of my technical writing module. I want to discuss in my thesis what exactly these positives/benefits are and if it is something that could eventually be introduced into the primary school curriculum but I need valid research to back up my argument.
Can anyone in here suggest or point me in the right direction of up to date viable research in this area I can use to highlight the value of introducing coding to young children.
I appreciate your time and input into this thread.
Gearoid
I am a 3rd level mature student at Letterkenny Institute of Technology in Donegal, Ireland studying Applied Computing. I am very interested in early coding/programming for young children and believe that it can be beneficial to children on many levels.
I am working on a thesis (Does teaching young children to code benefit their education) as part of my technical writing module. I want to discuss in my thesis what exactly these positives/benefits are and if it is something that could eventually be introduced into the primary school curriculum but I need valid research to back up my argument.
Can anyone in here suggest or point me in the right direction of up to date viable research in this area I can use to highlight the value of introducing coding to young children.
I appreciate your time and input into this thread.
Gearoid
You might be interested in checking out the work of Amanda Wilson, who has done evaluations of Scratch with young children.
M
Thanks for taking the time to help me, yes Amanda's work will help me out.
Gearoid