Title :
Visual programming for novice programmer teachers
Author_Institution :
Auburn Univ., AL, USA
Abstract :
We developed a construction toolkit for teachers to create visual educational simulation, this work is an effort to support science and inquiry based education. Because teachers are subject matter experts in the classroom, they are excellent candidates to develop educational software that meets their own pedagogical goals. We report an evaluation of nineteen teachers creating educational simulation microworlds for physical science using this environment.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; programming environments; visual programming; construction toolkit; educational simulation; educational software; inquiry based education; science base education; visual programming; Computational modeling; Computer languages; Computer science education; Computer simulation; Educational programs; Functional programming; Object oriented modeling; Programming environments; Programming profession; Seals; Design; Experimentation; Languages; Novice Programming; Visual Programming;
Conference_Titel :
Diversity in Computing Conference, 2005 Richard Tapia Celebration of
Print_ISBN :
1-59593-257-7
DOI :
10.1109/RTCDC.2005.201638
