Entering the car park - primary pupils' understanding of programmed control systems in real world situations

Gerard Dummer; E.R. Savelsbergh; P.H.M. Drijvers

doi:10.1145/3421590.3421610

Entering the car park - primary pupils' understanding of programmed control systems in real world situations

Gerard Dummer, E.R. Savelsbergh, P.H.M. Drijvers

Utrecht University of Applied Sciences

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Digitally controlled systems, such as elevators, washing machines, and traffic lights, are ubiquitous in children's present-day world. However, in current educational practice, such systems are hardly being addressed, and little is known about children's initial understandings about such systems in concrete situations. Therefore, we explored grade 3 and grade 6 pupils' understandings of digital control systems in the contexts of a car park, an elevator, and an autonomous robot. We interviewed 48 pupils to explore their initial understanding of the system at hand from the perspectives of the user, the computer, and the programmer perspective. The interviews were analyzed through a directed content analysis. Results from three perspectives and three contexts are described.

Original language	English
Pages	1–3
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3421590.3421610
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	15th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education - Virtual Event, Germany Duration: 28 Oct 2020 → 30 Oct 2020 https://www.wipsce.org/2020/

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Conference	15th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education
Abbreviated title	WIPSCE’20
Country/Territory	Germany
Period	28/10/20 → 30/10/20
Internet address	https://www.wipsce.org/2020/

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