Structured or unstructured educational robotics curriculum? A study of debugging in block-based programming

The study aims to compare the effect of a structured versus an unstructured educational robotics (ER) curriculum on (a) the frequency and type of programming errors made by students in block-based programming, (b) their ability to debug a programme, and (c) their engagement in the learning process. The authors’ hypothesis is that, in programming contexts with young learners, an unstructured ER curriculum might be more beneficial in learning how...