TurtleTable: Learn the Basics of Computer Algorithms with Tangible Interactions

• Published in: Games and Learning Alliance Vol. 11385; pp. 308 - 317
• Main Authors: Marfisi-Schottman, Iza, George, Sébastien, Leconte, Marc
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2019; Springer International Publishing
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Algorithm; Computer programming; Interactive tabletop; Learning games; Serious games; Tangible object

Computer programming has become a basic skill and is now part of the curriculum taught in middle school. In France, this educational reform was very sudden and many teachers are not yet trained adequately to teach this subject, leaving them in search of guidelines and tools to help them. It is in th...