Remixing as a pathway to computational thinking

Sayamindu Dasgupta; William Hale; Andŕes Monroy-Herńandez; Benjamin Mako Hill

doi:10.1145/2818048.2819984

Remixing as a pathway to computational thinking

Sayamindu Dasgupta, William Hale, Andŕes Monroy-Herńandez, 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 commu- nity. 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 compu- Tational 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.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2016
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	1438-1449
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450335928
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2818048.2819984
State	Published - Feb 27 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2016 - San Francisco, United States Duration: Feb 27 2016 → Mar 2 2016

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW
Volume	27

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Other	19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	2/27/16 → 3/2/16

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Networks and Communications

Keywords

Computer mediated communication
Computers and children
Creativity support tools
Learning
Online communities
Peer production
Remixing
Social computing and social navigation

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Dasgupta, S., Hale, W., Monroy-Herńandez, A., & Hill, B. M. (2016). Remixing as a pathway to computational thinking. In Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2016 (pp. 1438-1449). (Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW; Vol. 27). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2818048.2819984

Dasgupta, Sayamindu ; Hale, William ; Monroy-Herńandez, Andŕes et al. / Remixing as a pathway to computational thinking. Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2016. Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. pp. 1438-1449 (Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW).

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Dasgupta, S, Hale, W, Monroy-Herńandez, A & Hill, BM 2016, Remixing as a pathway to computational thinking. in Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2016. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW, vol. 27, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 1438-1449, 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2016, San Francisco, United States, 2/27/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2818048.2819984

Remixing as a pathway to computational thinking. / Dasgupta, Sayamindu; Hale, William; Monroy-Herńandez, Andŕes et al.
Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2016. Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. p. 1438-1449 (Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW; Vol. 27).

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Dasgupta S, Hale W, Monroy-Herńandez A, Hill BM. Remixing as a pathway to computational thinking. In Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2016. Association for Computing Machinery. 2016. p. 1438-1449. (Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW). doi: 10.1145/2818048.2819984

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