Examining Coding Skills of Five-year-old Children
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In this episode I unpack Metin, Basaran, and Kalyenci’s (2023) publication titled “Examining coding skills of five-year-old children,” which investigates whether gender, parent education, or socioeconomic status has an impact on coding abilities of five-year-olds.
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00:00 Intro
01:37 Paper intro
02:17 Methods
04:02 Results - Does gender correlate with coding skill?
05:38 Does prior education impact coding skill levels?
06:48 Does parent education level impact coding skills?
07:24 Does socioeconomic status impact coding skills?
07:39 Discussion, conclusion, and implications
10:42 Lingering thoughts and questions
10:59 What other factors at home might impact the students you work with?
12:30 How might you address access and equity gaps that exist in the communities you work with?
13:55 A potential big takeaway from this article
16:18 Outro
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