This paper reports on the evaluation of a novel affordable system that incorporates intelligent physical blocks to introduce illiterate children in developing countries to the logical thinking process required in computer programming. Both the usability and educational aspects are reported on. The author provides a brief overview on previous work in this field. Results obtained from field studies are given. The author concludes with recommendations for improvements and further research
Reference:
Smith, A. 2007. Intelligent physical blocks for introducing computer programming in developing countries. IST-Africa Conference, Maputo, Mozambique, 9-11 May 2007, pp 9.
Smith, A. C. (2007). Intelligent physical blocks for introducing computer programming in developing countries. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2660
Smith, Andrew C. "Intelligent physical blocks for introducing computer programming in developing countries." (2007): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2660
Smith AC, Intelligent physical blocks for introducing computer programming in developing countries; 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2660 .
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