Michelle Friend
Michael Matthews
Betty Love
ABSTRACT
As computer science becomes more prevalent in the K-12 world, elementary schools are increasingly adopting computing curricula. Computer scientists have recognized the connection between math and computer science, but little work has demonstrated how and whether computer science can support improved learning in math. This paper reports on a project in which elementary students in a gifted program used Bricklayer, a functional programming environment that supports artistic and mathematical expression. A pre- and post-test design demonstrates significant learning gains in coordinate graphing and visual-spatial skills.
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Cross Ref
- Committee on Support for Thinking Spatially. 2006. Learning to Think Spatially. National Academies Press. 37/a0016127Google Scholar
- Victor Winter, Betty Love, and Cindy Corritore. 2016. The Bricklayer Ecosystem - Art, Math, and Code. Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science Vol. 230 (2016), 47--61. showISSN2075--2180Google ScholarCross Ref
Index Terms
- Bricklayer: Elementary Students Learn Math through Programming and Art
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