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Effects of Robotics Programming on the Computational Thinking and Creativity of Elementary School Students
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Noh, Jiyae; Lee, Jeongmin – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
Around the world, programming education is actively promoted by such factors as economic and technical requirements. The use of a robot in programming education could help students understand computer-science concepts more easily. In this study we designed a course in programming a robot for elementary school students and investigated its…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Elementary School Students, Robotics, Programming
Mobile Serious Games: Effects on Students' Understanding of Programming Concepts and Attitudes towards Information Technology
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Yallihep, Mirac; Kutlu, Birgul – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
The purpose of this study was to measure the impacts of mobile serious games on fifth grade students' attitudes towards "Information Technology and Software" course and understanding of programming concepts. For this purpose, a five weeks long study was conducted in a private primary school in Turkey with randomly selected 36 fifth grade…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Software, Student Attitudes, Programming
"Storytelling: All About Me!" A Tutor-Training Mini Course.
Cone, Dick; Hall, Rahla – 1976
This booklet provides ideas for a multidisciplinary storytelling course designed to train fifth grade students to act as tutors for second grade students. The various sections of the booklet contain the following: the rationale and objectives for the course, hints on planning the course, an introduction to storytelling, suggestions for teaching…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, English Instruction
A "Hands On" Elementary Foreign Language Program.
Stones, Valerie – 1991
A teacher's experiences in teaching French to mixed-ability fourth- and fifth-graders have contributed to the development of an instructional approach that meets the challenges of this age group. The method devotes two-thirds of instructional time to language and one-third to culture. All language activities are conducted in French, and cultural…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Descriptions, Cultural Education, FLES
Development and Evaluation of a Miniature Economic and Political System for Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School.
Bennett, Stan – 1985
Described is the development and evaluation of the Micro-Place Social Studies Curriculum, an instructional system for teaching economics and law concepts at the fifth grade level. The curriculum is based on a miniature market economy that requires students to provide food, clothing, and shelter cards for simulated families. Students own businesses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Economics Education
Money-Go-Round: A Self Teaching Program.
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Tomich, John G.; Gilray, James G. – 1973
The self-instructional program is designed to give students in grades 4-6 new insights into the concept of money. By using the programmed learning material the students become acquainted with the evolution of money through questioning techniques. Students explore the concepts of barter, token money, coins, paper money, and checks. The paper…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Autoinstructional Aids, Concept Teaching, Consumer Education