cMinds: Teaching Programming towards the Early Development of Analytical Structural and Critical Minds

Scientific Responsible

Elias N. HoustisElias N. Houstis, Emeritus Professor
E-mail: enh@e-ce.uth.gr

TitlecMinds: Teaching Programming towards the Early Development of Analytical Structural and Critical Minds
Project Participants
  • University of Thessaly, Greece
  • HiST Contract Research, Norway
  • Centre for Research and Technology, Greece
  • ZSKolin, Czech Republic
  • Economic College Transylvania, Romania
  • Centre for Flexible Learning, Sweden
  • 1st Primary School of Volos, Greece
FundingLife Long Learning Programme, Comenius Action
Duration2010 – 2012
Sitehttp://cminds.org

Description

Development of a virtual learning environment that engages primary school learners in algorithmic thinking through exploration of alternative solutions to logical puzzles, visual synthesis of structured programs that solve the problem, and comparison of outcomes to optimal solutions. Teacher support material helps the smooth integration of tools and methodologies into classroom practices.