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Using Concept Cartoons for Assessing Children’s Conceptions about the Internet

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Parvaneh Babari,

Michael Hielscher,

Peter Adriaan Edelsbrunner,

Beat Döbeli Honegger,

Bettina Waldvogel,

Eva MarinusAuthors Info & Claims

WiPSCE '23: Proceedings of the 18th WiPSCE Conference on Primary and Secondary Computing Education Research

Article No.: 17, Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/3605468.3605496

Published: 27 September 2023 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper we describe the development and first evaluation of a tool to measure children’s conceptions about the Internet. The tool uses worksheets with concept cartoons and can both serve as a formative assessment tool for classroom teachers to find their students’ difficulties and strengths on the subject and to adopt their teaching accordingly as well as a summative assessment tool for research purposes. We briefly present the data collection methods of a pilot study and the preliminary conclusions about children’s conceptions of the Internet. Moreover, we describe the challenges that we observed in measuring children’s conceptions of the Internet using concept cartoons. Finally we discuss the potential of this tool in research and classroom settings for a large scale study.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3689535.3689552

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Using Concept Cartoons for Assessing Children’s Conceptions about the Internet
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
      2. K-12 education

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Hartmann MHielscher MMarinus E(2024)Prevalence of Programming Misconceptions in Primary School StudentsProceedings of the 24th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research10.1145/3699538.3699568(1-11)Online publication date: 12-Nov-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3699538.3699568
Whyte RKirby DSentance S(2024)Secondary Students' Emerging Conceptions of AI: Understanding AI Applications, Models, Engines and ImplicationsProceedings of the 2024 Conference on United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research10.1145/3689535.3689552(1-7)Online publication date: 5-Sep-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3689535.3689552

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