@inproceedings{258d9ca53c23478eaf2c7c7db0508040,
title = "Tools, Languages, and Environments Used in Primary and Secondary Computing Education",
abstract = "With the advent of teaching primary and secondary computing education, tools, languages, and environments (TLEs) are important pedagogical support systems for students and teachers. While there are a number of resources available for teaching K-12 students and teachers, there is little synthesis of the data with respect to usage and adoption rates for various TLEs. Using data extracted from 510 articles related to K-12 education, we conducted an analysis using descriptive statistics to determine what TLEs in K-12 are most frequently studied by researchers. We found 193 TLEs being used in research studies and experience reports, then differentiate between these two types of data and between students and teacher professional development. This preliminary research provides a first descriptive analysis of TLEs being used in K-12 space and simultaneously sets the stage for creating a classification system for TLEs based on the literature, including how they are used and what topics (in or outside of computing education) they are used to teach.",
keywords = "environments, experience reports, K-12 education, Languages, primary education, research, secondary education, tools",
author = "Mcgill, \{Monica M.\} and Adrienne Decker",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 ACM.; 25th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2020 ; Conference date: 15-06-2020 Through 19-06-2020",
year = "2020",
month = jun,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1145/3341525.3387365",
language = "English",
series = "Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery ",
pages = "103--109",
booktitle = "ITiCSE 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education",
address = "United States",
}