First exposure to Arduino through peer-coaching: Impact on students' attitudes towards programming

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Highlights：

• Student-led introductory programming course for high-school students using Arduino.

• Project-based approach for acquisition of computational thinking skills via PAL.

• Pre and post surveys showed overall increase for all programming-related constructs.

• Students totally agreed that women are as capable as men to excel in programming.

• Significant age- and gender-related differences in attitude towards PAL were found.

摘要

•Student-led introductory programming course for high-school students using Arduino.•Project-based approach for acquisition of computational thinking skills via PAL.•Pre and post surveys showed overall increase for all programming-related constructs.•Students totally agreed that women are as capable as men to excel in programming.•Significant age- and gender-related differences in attitude towards PAL were found.

论文关键词：Attitudes survey,Arduino,High school,Programming,Peer coaching

论文评审过程：Received 16 February 2017, Revised 3 June 2017, Accepted 3 July 2017, Available online 3 July 2017, Version of Record 11 July 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.07.007