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AuthentiCT: Making CT Authentic to Learners

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Spruha Satavlekar,

Shitanshu Mishra,

Sridhar IyerAuthors Info & Claims

CompEd 2023: Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Global Computing Education Vol 2

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3617650.3624939

Published: 05 December 2023 Publication History

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Novice learners initiating computational Thinking face challenges of complexity and have a longer learning curve to understand the interfaces. The contexts in an introductory CT lesson are seldom situated in the learners' real-life. In order to make CT authentic to learners, the environment AuthentiCT has been designed with activities rooted in learners' everyday tasks to make CT skills meaningful. A study with 16 middle-schoolers performing AuthentiCT activities showed that learners found CT relevant and applied problem-solving in similar contexts in their everyday life.

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    1. Computing education

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CompEd 2023: Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Global Computing Education Vol 2

December 2023

50 pages

ISBN:9798400703744

DOI:10.1145/3617650

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IIIT Hyderabad, India
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IIT Bombay, India
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University of Auckland, New Zealand
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University of Toronto, Canada

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