When did we collectively decide coding for kids should just be moving cartoon characters through mazes? Is there any empirical evidence this activity is useful for helping kids do interesting and personally meaningful things with code? If there is, please point me to it #CSforAll
At @codeorg our curriculum mixes puzzles, open-ended sandboxes, non-coding widgets, short videos, unplugged lessons, etc, with a balance of student-guided and teacher-guided activities.
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2 datapoints on the benefit of including puzzles to engage students in a variety of CS activities:
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1) Pre/post testing shows: 1 hour of puzzle-based coding => significant improvement in student attitudes and self-efficacy re CS, esp among high school girls. https://code.org/files/HourOfCodeImpactStudy_Jan2017.pdf …
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