@inproceedings{4b42cc4b9fb1406386dec03b0609e9ce,
title = "Bricklayer: Elementary students learn math through programming and art",
abstract = "As computer science becomes more prevalent in the K-12 world, elementary schools are increasingly adopting computing curricula. Computer scientists have recognized the connection between math and computer science, but little work has demonstrated how and whether computer science can support improved learning in math. This paper reports on a project in which elementary students in a gifted program used Bricklayer, a functional programming environment that supports artistic and mathematical expression. A pre- and post-test design demonstrates significant learning gains in coordinate graphing and visual-spatial skills.",
keywords = "Elementary school, Functional programming, Mathematics",
author = "Michelle Friend and Michael Matthews and Victor Winter and Betty Love and Deanna Moisset and Ian Goodwin",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). Publication rights licensed to Association for Computing Machinery.; 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2018 ; Conference date: 21-02-2018 Through 24-02-2018",
year = "2018",
month = feb,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1145/3159450.3159515",
language = "English (US)",
series = "SIGCSE 2018 - Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
pages = "628--633",
booktitle = "SIGCSE 2018 - Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education",
}