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Student Use of Enhancements: Initial Findings
I-ECS research is ongoing; final evaluation results will be available in
the summer of 2017. Below we present initial findings that show the promise
of enhancements in creating access. We also identify areas for further
development or refinement.
Physical and tactile enhancements:
Overall, students were able to
manipulate physical objects and use tactile markers/information to work
through the steps of the activities. In most cases they remained engaged,
revising their problem-solving approach multiple times when needed.
Observation data suggest that students understood: the requirements for
completing the physical/tactile tasks (e.g., the Muddy City would be fully
paved when all districts were connected); the specific objective of the activity
(e.g., the inter-connected paved road should be the short distance possible);
and the associated computer science learning goal (e.g., that the paved road
represented a computer network that was efficient and fast). As one student
commented, "after I got to do the hands on activities, I thought that I really
knew the material."
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