Bringing static code to life: The instructional work of animating computer programs with the body

Virginia J. Flood; David Deliema; Dor Abrahamson

Bringing static code to life: The instructional work of animating computer programs with the body

Virginia J. Flood
, David Deliema
, Dor Abrahamson

Learning and Instruction

University of California at Berkeley

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Abstract

In this preliminary report, we propose a previously unidentified role that instructors’ gestures may play in helping students evaluate existing computer code. We find that instructors use gesture to animate processes encoded in the static inscriptions of computer programs in order to make invisible, dynamic phenomena perceptible to students. Our findings contribute to a better understanding of the embodied instructional work of teaching programming.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1085-1088
Number of pages	4
Journal	Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
Volume	2
Issue number	2018-June
State	Published - 2018
Event	13th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2018: Rethinking Learning in the Digital Age: Making the Learning Sciences Count - London, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 23 2018 → Jun 27 2018

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