TY - GEN
T1 - Setting the scene
T2 - 2013 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human Centric Computing, VL/HCC 2013
AU - Kerr, Jordana
AU - Chou, Mary
AU - Ellis, Reilly
AU - Kelleher, Caitlin
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Research suggests that storytelling can motivate middle school students to explore computer programming. However, difficulties finding and realizing story ideas can decrease time actually spent on programming. In this paper, we present guidelines for constructing story scenes that reliably inspire ideas for novice programmers creating stories. To evaluate the impact of pre-built scenes with strategic design constraints on early programming behavior and attitudes, we conducted a between-subjects study comparing participants who used pre-built scenes and participants who crafted their own scenes. The results suggest that story starter scenes enable novice users to explore programming in the environment sooner, allow users to add and modify significantly more novel programming constructs during the length of the study, and maintain motivation for learning to program via storytelling.
AB - Research suggests that storytelling can motivate middle school students to explore computer programming. However, difficulties finding and realizing story ideas can decrease time actually spent on programming. In this paper, we present guidelines for constructing story scenes that reliably inspire ideas for novice programmers creating stories. To evaluate the impact of pre-built scenes with strategic design constraints on early programming behavior and attitudes, we conducted a between-subjects study comparing participants who used pre-built scenes and participants who crafted their own scenes. The results suggest that story starter scenes enable novice users to explore programming in the environment sooner, allow users to add and modify significantly more novel programming constructs during the length of the study, and maintain motivation for learning to program via storytelling.
KW - programming for children
KW - storytelling support
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84891074641
U2 - 10.1109/VLHCC.2013.6645250
DO - 10.1109/VLHCC.2013.6645250
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84891074641
SN - 9781479903689
T3 - Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC
SP - 95
EP - 98
BT - Proceedings - 2013 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human Centric Computing, VL/HCC 2013
Y2 - 15 September 2013 through 19 September 2013
ER -