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School programming as literacy: the case for BOXER
Author(s) -
Lewis R.,
O′Reilly D.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.583
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2729
pISSN - 0266-4909
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2729.1998.1410051.x
Subject(s) - mathematics education , subject (documents) , literacy , computer science , pedagogy , sociology , psychology , world wide web
This paper considers the role of school programming using the BOXER environment. It gives details of a two‐year research project in which a group of primary school children (aged 9 ‐ 11) developed their understanding of number through programming in BOXER . It argues that such programming should be regarded as a new form of literacy and as such, developed in concert with subject knowledge, and evaluated over the whole of schooling.