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Development of a Programming Learning Tool Using a Train Toy
Author(s) -
Ozawa Tsubasa,
Matsumoto Mitsuharu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ieej transactions on electrical and electronic engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.254
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1931-4981
pISSN - 1931-4973
DOI - 10.1002/tee.23447
Subject(s) - mathematics education , computer science , programming paradigm , computational thinking , psychology , human–computer interaction , programming language
In Japan, programming education has become compulsory in elementary school, and it is expected that programming thinking will flourish in elementary school and beyond by fostering programming thinking in young children. There have been several studies of toys for fostering programming thinking in young children. However, they have some problems. In this letter, we develop a programming toy for young children using ‘Plarail’ train toy to overcome problems of the toys used in the previous studies. © 2021 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.