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Education of Algorithms Using the RAPTOR Programming Educational Tool  

KIM, SungYul (동아고등학교)
LEE, JongYun (충북대학교)
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The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education / v.18, no.6, 2015 , pp. 23-31 More about this Journal
Abstract
The main aim in software education is to improve problem-solving ability based on computational thinking with the healthy information ethics. For this purpose, many institutions have attempted various educational programs such as Educational Programming Language, Physical Computing, and Robot education. However, it is possible to obscure the essence of computer education for computational thinking if the computer education focuses on using certain special education programming language and products. Therefore, this paper suggests a method of algorithm education using RAPTOR which is a visual programming development environment and is based on flowcharts. In order to verify the effectiveness of the algorithms education using the RAPTOR, 16 high-school students were applied to an educational program for twelve hours on five steps and then we obtained positive results.
Keywords
RAPTOR software; Computational thinking; Computer education; Algorithms Education; Programming Education;
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