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most citedChallenging but Full of Opportunities: Teachers' Perspectives on Programming in Primary Schools

26 citations · 63 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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cs.CY2023★ 4 cited

Exploring Programming Task Creation of Primary School Teachers in Training

Luisa Greifenstein, Ute Heuer, Gordon Fraser

Introducing computational thinking in primary school curricula implies that teachers have to prepare appropriate lesson material. Typically this includes creating programming tasks…

cs.SE2022★ 9 cited

Common Problems and Effects of Feedback on Fun When Programming Ozobots in Primary School

Luisa Greifenstein, Isabella Graßl, Ute Heuer +1

Computational thinking is increasingly introduced at primary school level, usually with some form of programming activity. In particular, educational robots provide an opportunity…

cs.CY2021★ 26 cited

Challenging but Full of Opportunities: Teachers' Perspectives on Programming in Primary Schools

Luisa Greifenstein, Isabella Graßl, Gordon Fraser

The widespread establishment of computational thinking in school curricula requires teachers to introduce children to programming already at primary school level. As this is a rece…

cs.SE2021★ 7 cited

Effects of Hints on Debugging Scratch Programs: An Empirical Study with Primary School Teachers in Training

Luisa Greifenstein, Florian Obermüller, Ewald Wasmeier +2

Bugs in learners' programs are often the result of fundamental misconceptions. Teachers frequently face the challenge of first having to understand such bugs, and then suggest ways…

cs.SE2021★ 17 cited

Code Perfumes: Reporting Good Code to Encourage Learners

Florian Obermüller, Lena Bloch, Luisa Greifenstein +2

Block-based programming languages like Scratch enable children to be creative while learning to program. Even though the block-based approach simplifies the creation of programs, l…