Notional Machines in Computing Education: The Education of Attention

Sally Fincher; Johan Jeuring; Craig S. Miller; Peter Donaldson; Benedict Du Boulay; Matthias Hauswirth; Arto Hellas; Felienne Hermans; Colleen Lewis; Andreas Mühling; Janice L. Pearce; Andrew Petersen

doi:10.1145/3437800.3439202

Notional Machines in Computing Education: The Education of Attention

Sally Fincher, Johan Jeuring, Craig S. Miller, Peter Donaldson, Benedict Du Boulay, Matthias Hauswirth, Arto Hellas, Felienne Hermans, Colleen Lewis, Andreas Mühling, Janice L. Pearce, Andrew Petersen

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This report defines notional machines (NMs), and provides a series of definitional characteristics by which they may be identified. Over several sections, it includes a first-hand report of the origin of NMs, reports a systematic literature review to track the use and development of the concept, and presents a small collection of examples collected through interviews with experienced teachers. Additionally, the report presents NMs in a common format, and makes some preliminary explorations of their use in practice, including examples of instructors using multiple NMs in sequence. Approach and method are fully detailed in evidential appendices, to support replication of results and adoption/adaptation of practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ITiCSE-WGR 2020 - Proceedings of the Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Publisher	ACM
Pages	21-50
Number of pages	30
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450382939
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3437800.3439202
Publication status	Published - 17 Jun 2020
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - Trondheim, Norway Duration: 15 Jun 2020 → 19 Jun 2020 Conference number: 25

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Name	Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE
ISSN (Print)	1942-647X

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Conference	Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Abbreviated title	ITiCSE
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Trondheim
Period	15/06/2020 → 19/06/2020

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computing education
notional machines

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Fincher, S., Jeuring, J., Miller, C. S., Donaldson, P., Du Boulay, B., Hauswirth, M., Hellas, A., Hermans, F., Lewis, C., Mühling, A., Pearce, J. L., & Petersen, A. (2020). Notional Machines in Computing Education: The Education of Attention. In ITiCSE-WGR 2020 - Proceedings of the Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (pp. 21-50). Article 3439202 (Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3437800.3439202

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