171: Examining coding skills of five-year-old children | #CSK8 Podcast with Jared O'Leary

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In this episode I unpack Metin, Basaran, and Kalyenci’s (2023) publication titled “Examining coding skills of five-year-old children,” which investigates whether gender, parent education, or socioeconomic status has an impact on coding abilities of five-year-olds.

Article
Metin, S., Basaran, M., & Kalyenci, D. (2023). Examining coding skills of five-year-old children. Pedagogical Research, 8(2), em0154. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/12802

Abstract
“The purpose of this research is to examine the coding skills of five-year-old children in terms of some variables. The research sample comprises 160 children aged five years studying in kindergarten affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in Gaziantep city center in the 2021-2022 academic year. As a data collection tool in the research, the “personal information form,” which includes personal information about children and their parents, and “CodingTest 2”, the short form of “CodingTest” and “CodingTest,” developed by Kalyenci et al. (2022), were used to evaluate the coding skill levels of five-year-old children. Pearson correlation analysis, t-test, and ANOVA were used to analyze data. As a result of the findings obtained from the research, it was concluded that coding skills were not related to gender but were related to whether the children had coding education, the education level of parents, and their families’ income level.”

Author Keywords
Early childhood, coding, coding skills

My One Sentence Summary
This paper investigates whether gender, parent education, or socioeconomic status has an impact on coding abilities of five-year-olds.

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00:00 Intro
01:37 Paper intro
02:17 Methods
04:02 Results - Does gender correlate with coding skill?
05:38 Does prior education impact coding skill levels?
06:48 Does parent education level impact coding skills?
07:24 Does socioeconomic status impact coding skills?
07:39 Discussion, conclusion, and implications
10:42 Lingering thoughts and questions
10:59 What other factors at home might impact the students you work with?
12:30 How might you address access and equity gaps that exist in the communities you work with?
13:55 A potential big takeaway from this article
16:18 Outro