Signifying software engineering to computational thinking learners with AgentSheets and PoliFacets. (June 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Signifying software engineering to computational thinking learners with AgentSheets and PoliFacets. (June 2017)
- Main Title:
- Signifying software engineering to computational thinking learners with AgentSheets and PoliFacets
- Authors:
- Monteiro, Ingrid Teixeira
Salgado, Luciana Cardoso de Castro
Mota, Marcelle Pereira
Sampaio, Andréia Libório
de Souza, Clarisse Sieckenius - Abstract:
- Abstract: Nonprofessional end user programs have increased remarkably in volume and diversity. However, for such programs to be usable and reliable, their creators should be familiar with software engineering practices that are typically not part of their range of competence and source of enjoyment. While the expansion of computational thinking acquisition (CTA) initiatives at schools and the availability of improved programming environments have contributed to facilitate the learners' coding tasks, much less has been done to facilitate the acquisition of software quality notions. This paper reports on a Brazilian CTA program guided by semiotic principles and describes a study of how the technology used in it prefigures elements of software engineering in the participants' programs created with AgentSheets. Our research contributions touch on the semiotic potential of CTA infrastructures and on associated pedagogical considerations for expanding CTA programs with software engineering basics. We also propose items for an interdisciplinary research agenda.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of visual languages & computing. Volume 40(2017)
- Journal:
- Journal of visual languages & computing
- Issue:
- Volume 40(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 40, Issue 2017 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 40
- Issue:
- 2017
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0040-2017-0000
- Page Start:
- 91
- Page End:
- 112
- Publication Date:
- 2017-06
- Subjects:
- Computational thinking acquisition (CTA) -- AgentSheets -- Program deconstructions -- End User Software Engineering (EUSE) -- Semiotic analysis -- Semiotic Engineering -- End user development (EUD)
Visual programming languages (Computer science) -- Periodicals
Visual programming (Computer science) -- Periodicals
Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- Semantics -- Periodicals
Langages de programmation visuelle -- Périodiques
Programmation visuelle -- Périodiques
Langages de programmation -- Sémantique -- Périodiques
Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- Semantics
Visual programming (Computer science)
Visual programming languages (Computer science)
Periodicals
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005 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/1045926X ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jvlc.2017.01.005 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1045-926X
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