Weaving supports middle school students' performance of the computational concepts variables, conditionals, and functions¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Students weaving on looms produced woven fabric through the performance of variables, conditionals, and functions. → Anna Keune 2022

Evidence¶

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

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Qualitative analysis of two fiber crafts course sessions at a K-8 charter school design studio, with pseudocode translation of student projects. The analysis found that heddle position paired with shuttle direction produced conditionals, pattern duration a variable, and repeated row production a row_by_row function with a while loop, showing "the performance of variables, conditionals, and functions."

"Through the interplay of heddle positions, shuttle direction, and students’ full-body engagement, students produced woven fabric required the performance of variables, conditionals, and functions."

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• Computation in weaving is characterized by the performance of automation, with student-loom patterns moving from irregular to regular over time — related
• Neither youth nor loom alone drove the algorithmic production and fabric output; both actively produced it collaboratively — related
• In weaving, performed algorithms emerged as repeated youth-material movements one dimension at a time, producing reliable fabric outputs — related
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• In fabric manipulation, the algorithmic performance was contingent on repeated combinations of components paired with steps of the craft — related
• Computation in fabric manipulation is characterized as speculative physical 3D modeling — related