Identifying embodied metaphors for computing education

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Highlights：

• 16 students generated 368 representational gestures to explain 3 computing concepts.

• Analysis revealed two embodied metaphors to communicate constructs and processes.

• Findings support claim that thinking in computing is embodied.

• Implications discussed for use of gestures and tool design in computing education.

摘要

•16 students generated 368 representational gestures to explain 3 computing concepts.•Analysis revealed two embodied metaphors to communicate constructs and processes.•Findings support claim that thinking in computing is embodied.•Implications discussed for use of gestures and tool design in computing education.

论文关键词：Embodied cognition,Gesture,Metaphor,Computing education,Computational thinking,Representation

论文评审过程：Received 17 November 2017, Revised 13 December 2018, Accepted 23 December 2018, Available online 31 January 2019, Version of Record 24 February 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.12.037