@inproceedings{1e7c3c7c23da421882297fad57df6691,
title = "Which perceptions do primary school children have about programming?",
abstract = "It is generally accepted that children have their own understanding of how the world works. Teachers need to take their ideas and knowledge into account in the learning process. While there exists a lot of research on children's perceptions of science concepts, little is known about their perceptions of programming. Since the topic is now becoming more and more relevant in the primary school context, our study aims to provide insights into children's ideas and knowledge about programming. For this purpose, we conducted and filmed seven group discussions with a total of 61 third-and fourth-grade students (age 8-11). The videos were transcribed and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The findings show that the students associate actions as well as programmable devices with the term programming. Furthermore, we have found out that boys and girls have very similar ideas about it.",
keywords = "Computer science education, Preconceptions, Primary school, Prior knowledge, Programming",
author = "Katharina Geldreich and Alexandra Simon and Elena Starke",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Association for Computing Machinery.; 14th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, WiPSCE 2019 ; Conference date: 23-10-2019 Through 25-10-2019",
year = "2019",
month = oct,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1145/3361721.3361728",
language = "English",
series = "ACM International Conference Proceeding Series",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
editor = "Quintin Cutts and Torsten Brinda",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 14th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, WiPSCE 2019",
}