Coding as Another Language (CAL) Curriculum: Teaching Coding to Kindergarteners and Early Elementary Students
Intervention Details
Subjects
Science & STEM, English Language ArtsAcademic Program
Early ChildhoodDuration
12 weeksGrades
K, 1, 2Personnel
General Education Teacher, Coach
Intervention Summary
Coding as Another Language (CAL) curriculum
Grades
K, 1, 2Personnel
General Education Teacher, CoachStatistical Finding Summary
No effect on computational thinking
Positive effect on coding skills
No effect on literacy performance
Source
Bers, M., Dubash, P., Hagan, C., Moore Shaffer, P. & Yang, Z. (2023). Impact Study of the Coding as Another Language Curriculum (ED626865). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED626865.pdf.
Data Sample by Population
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The subgroup population data as studied here are not available. That means that while this study may work well for your setting, we cannot say based on the published study and results from our system’s reading of that study what the school/district subgroup characteristics were when evaluated here.