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http://dx.doi.org/10.9717/kmms.2018.21.2.310

A study on the Documentation Format to Improve Elementary School Students' Ability to Express Computational Thinking in Programming Classes  

Rim, Hwakyung (Dept. of Computer Education, Busan National University of Education)
Cho, Yongnam (Centerm Elementary School)
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Journal of Korea Multimedia Society / v.21, no.2, 2018 , pp. 310-322 More about this Journal
Abstract
Documentation is a typical method that helps students to understand a program for implementation and execute error correction and maintenance cost-effectively. Guidelines for components that organize documentation should be provided to enable to express computational thinking and such components also should be linked to coding process. In this paper, we focused on the documentation format to guide elementary school students, who were beginners in computational thinking, to express computational thinking. The improvement in the expression of computational thinking was analyzed based on the documentation format applied to the class, and practical tips on the importance of components organizing the documentation format were proposed.
Keywords
Computational Thinking; Documentation Format; Programming Education; Computing Expression; Elementary Student; Teaching Method;
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