Introducing Computer Science to High School Students Through Logic Programming. Issue 2 (14th November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: YUEN, TIMOTHY T.; REYES, MARITZA; ZHANG, YUANLIN
• Editors: Schulz, Claudia; Ellmauthaler, Stefan
• Is Part Of: Theory and practice of logic programming. Volume 19:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 204
• Page End: 228
• Publication Date: 2018-11-14
• Subjects: CS education, -- high school CS, -- declarative programming, -- logic programming, -- answer set programming; Logic programming -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Constraint programming (Computer science) -- Periodicals; 005.115
• DOI: 10.1017/S1471068418000431
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-0684

Abstract

Abstract: This paper investigates how high school students in an introductory computer science (CS) course approach computing in the logic programming (LP) paradigm. This qualitative study shows how novice students operate within the LP paradigm while engaging in foundational computing concepts and skills: students are engaged in a cyclical process of abstraction, reasoning, and creating representations of their ideas in code while also being informed by the (procedural) requirements and the revision/debugging process. As these computing concepts and skills are also expected in traditional approaches to introductory K-12 CS courses, this paper asserts that LP is a viable paradigm choice for high school novices.