April 27th, 2020 | RESEARCH
AHA! Island is a new project that uses animation, live-action videos, and hands-on activities to support joint engagement of children and caregivers around computational thinking (CT) concepts and practices. Education Development Center (EDC), WGBH’s research partner for the project, conducted an impact study with 108 English-speaking families (4- to 5-year-old children and their families) to test the promise of this CT learning intervention.
Document
Team Members
Marisa Wolsky, Principal Investigator, WGBHHeather Lavigne, Co-Principal Investigator, EDC
Jessica Andrews, Project Manager, WGBH
Ashley Lewis-Presser, Author, EDC
Leslie Cuellar, Author, EDC
Regan Vidiksis, Author, EDC
Camille Ferguson, Author, EDC
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: AISL
Award Number: 1612642
Funding Amount: $3,000,000
Related URLs
Digital Media and Parent/Child Engagement Resources to Increase Preschool Computational Thinking
Tags
Audience: Families | Parents | Caregivers | Pre-K Children (0-5)
Discipline: Computing and information science | Education and learning science
Resource Type: Reference Materials | Report
Environment Type: Games | Simulations | Interactives | Media and Technology | Websites | Mobile Apps | Online Media