Tools, Languages, and Environments Used in Primary and Secondary Computing Education

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.

随着中小学计算机教育的出现，工具、语言和环境（TLEs）是对学生和教师重要的教学支持系统。虽然有许多可供中小学（K - 12）学生和教师使用的资源，但关于各种TLEs的使用和采用率的数据很少有综合分析。利用从510篇与中小学教育相关的文章中提取的数据，我们使用描述性统计进行了分析，以确定研究人员最常研究中小学中的哪些TLEs。我们发现研究和经验报告中使用了193种TLEs，然后区分了这两种数据类型以及学生和教师的专业发展。这项初步研究对中小学领域使用的TLEs进行了首次描述性分析，同时为根据文献创建TLEs分类系统奠定了基础，包括它们如何被使用以及用于教授哪些主题（计算机教育内部或外部的）。