Revisiting Analogical Reasoning in Computing Education: Use of Similarities between Robot Programming Tasks in Debugging

Autor/inn/en	Kim, ChanMin; Dinç, Emre; Lee, Eunseo; Baabdullah, Afaf; Zhang, Anna Y.; Belland, Brian R.
Titel	Revisiting Analogical Reasoning in Computing Education: Use of Similarities between Robot Programming Tasks in Debugging
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Computing Research, 61 (2023) 5, S.1036-1063 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kim, ChanMin) ORCID (Belland, Brian R.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0735-6331
DOI	10.1177/07356331221142912
Schlagwörter	Robotics; Programming; Novices; Thinking Skills; Computer Science Education; Majors (Students); Early Childhood Education; Preschool Teachers; Teacher Education Programs; Case Studies; Inferences; Student Attitudes; Multimedia Materials + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Robotertechnik; Programmierung; Denkfähigkeit; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Inference; Inferenz; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Analogical reasoning is considered to be a critical cognitive skill in programming. However, it has been rarely studied in a block-based programming context, especially involving both virtual and physical objects. In this multi-case study, we examined how novice programming learners majoring in early childhood education used analogical reasoning while debugging block code to make a robot perform properly. Screen recordings, scaffolding entries, reflections, and block code were analyzed. The cross-case analysis suggested multimodal objects enabled the novice programming learners to identify and use structural relations. The use of a robot eased the verification process by enabling them to test their analogies immediately after the analogy application. Noticing similar functional analogies led to noticing similarities in the relation between block code as well as between block code and the robot, guiding to locate bugs. Implications and directions for future educational computing research are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01