A Work in Progress Paper: Evaluating a Microworlds-based Learning Approach for Developing Literacy and Computational Thinking in Cross-curricular Contexts
A Work in Progress Paper: Evaluating a Microworlds-based Learning Approach for Developing Literacy and Computational Thinking in Cross-curricular Contexts
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正在进行的论文：评估基于微观世界的学习方法，以培养跨课程背景下的读写能力和计算思维
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10.1145/2818314.2818316
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2015
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Craig Jenkins
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在20世纪60年代，Papert和他在马萨诸塞州理工学院（MIT）的团队使用Python编程语言开发了Turtle Graphics。支撑这一发展的是一种关于计算机学习如何发生的深刻的新哲学：一种基于微观世界的学习方法。这个研究项目的更广泛的目标是研究如何在当代教育背景下，由中学教师在跨课程学科领域恢复基于微观世界的方法。它考察了微观世界作为一种工具，中学水平的学习在11岁至14岁，并探讨其潜在的作用，使相关的概念学习，通过实际的，建构主义的方法在跨课程的应用。这个特别的工作在进行中的文件报告的比较评估的微观世界为基础的方法来教学诗歌的主题领域的戏剧。一个准实验设计，以衡量性能增益的具体方面的计算思维和读写能力的发展后，基于微观世界的干预。初步数据显示，业绩有了更大的改善，但需要收集更多的定性数据，以提供进一步的见解，支持定量结果。
In the 1960s, Papert and his team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed Turtle Graphics using the LOGO programming language. Underpinning this development was a profound new philosophy of how learning happens with computers: a microworlds-based approach to learning. The wider aim of this research project is to examine how a microworlds-based approach may be revived in contemporary educational contexts by secondary school teachers in cross-curricular subject areas. It examines the microworld as a tool for secondary level learning at ages eleven-to-fourteen and explores its potential role in making relevant conceptual learning accessible through practical, constructionist approaches in cross-curricular applications. This particular work-in-progress paper reports on a comparative evaluation of a microworlds-based approach to teaching poetic verse in the subject domain of drama. A quasi-experimental design was used in order to measure performance gains in specific aspects of computational thinking and literacy development following the microworld-based intervention. Preliminary data reveals a higher improvement in performance but further qualitative data needs to be collected in order to provide further insight to support the quantitative findings.