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Effect Of Implementing Subgoals In Code.Org’S Intro To Programming Unit In Computer Science Principles, Lauren Margulieux, Briana Baker Morrison, Baker Franke, Harivololona Ramilison
Effect Of Implementing Subgoals In Code.Org’S Intro To Programming Unit In Computer Science Principles, Lauren Margulieux, Briana Baker Morrison, Baker Franke, Harivololona Ramilison
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The subgoal learning framework has improved performance for novice programmers in higher education, but it has only started to be applied and studied in K-12 (primary/secondary). Programming education in K-12 is growing, and many international initiatives are attempting to increase participation, including curricular initiatives like Computer Science Principles and non-profit organizations like Code.org. Given that subgoal learning is designed to help students with no prior knowledge, we designed and implemented subgoals in the introduction to programming unit in Code.org’s Computer Science Principles course. The redesigned unit includes subgoal-oriented instruction and subgoal-themed pre-written comments that students could add to their programming …