Fabric manipulation (sewing) supports middle school students' performance of the computational concepts variables, conditionals, and functions¶
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q2 i? Students sewing matrix dots together into 3D shapes performed variables, conditionals, and functions. → Anna Keune 2022
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Anna Keune 2022¶
Anna Keune (2022). Material syntonicity: Examining computational performance and its materiality through weaving and sewing crafts. Journal of the Learning Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508406.2022.2100704
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Qualitative analysis of the fabric manipulation unit, in which students sewed twisted square units on a checkered matrix. Pseudocode translation represented matrix dots as variables in dot_list and coordinate_grid lists, dot availability as conditionals, and repeated unit production as a function with a for-loop, showing "the performance of variables, conditionals, and functions."
"Therefore, students had to identify where a dot was located on the fabric, which unique dots were part of a unit, and which dots had been previously used. As with weaving, this process also drove the performance of variables, conditionals, and functions."
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Related Claims¶
- Computation in fabric manipulation is characterized as speculative physical 3D modeling — related
- Weaving supports middle school students' performance of the computational concepts variables, conditionals, and functions — related
- Middle school students experienced their craft performance as computational, connecting weaving and sewing to loops and coding — related
- In fabric manipulation, the algorithmic performance was contingent on repeated combinations of components paired with steps of the craft — related
- The editorial reports that human-material interactions in fibre crafting produce algorithmic outcomes, with materials acting as collaborative agents (Keune) — a broader claim this one bears on
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Fabric manipulation (sewing) supports middle school students' performance of the computational concepts variables, conditionals, and functions |
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Fabric manipulation (sewing) supports middle school students' performance of the computational concepts variables, conditionals, and functions |
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