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ScratchJr demo: a coding language for kindergarten

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Amanda Strawhacker,

Melissa Lee,

Claire Caine,

Marina BersAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '15: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Pages 414 - 417

https://doi.org/10.1145/2771839.2771867

Published: 21 June 2015 Publication History

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This paper describes the ScratchJr research project, a collaboration between Tufts University's Developmental Technologies Research Group, MIT's Lifelong Kindergarten Group, and the Playful Invention Company. Over the past five years, dozens of ScratchJr prototypes have been designed and studied with over 300 K-2^nd grade students, teachers and parents. ScratchJr allows children ages 5 to 7 years to explore concepts of computer programming and digital content creation in a safe and fun environment. This paper describes the progression of major prototypes leading to the current public version, as well as the educational resources developed for use with ScratchJr. Future directions and educational implications are also discussed.

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1. Social and professional topics
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    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
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      1. Software evolution
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DOI:10.1145/2771839

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