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arXiv:1605.08766 (cs)
[Submitted on 27 May 2016]

Title:Remixing as a Pathway to Computational Thinking

Authors:Sayamindu Dasgupta, William Hale, Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Benjamin Mako Hill
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Abstract:Theorists and advocates of "remixing" have suggested that appropriation can act as a pathway for learning. We test this theory quantitatively using data from more than 2.4 million multimedia programming projects shared by more than 1 million users in the Scratch online community. First, we show that users who remix more often have larger repertoires of programming commands even after controlling for the numbers of projects and amount of code shared. Second, we show that exposure to computational thinking concepts through remixing is associated with increased likelihood of using those concepts. Our results support theories that young people learn through remixing, and have important implications for designers of social computing systems.
Comments: In Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW '16)
Subjects: Computers and Society (cs.CY); Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC); Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
Cite as: arXiv:1605.08766 [cs.CY]
  (or arXiv:1605.08766v1 [cs.CY] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1605.08766
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2818048.2819984

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From: Andres Monroy-Hernandez [view email]
[v1] Fri, 27 May 2016 19:34:17 UTC (217 KB)
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