@article{Trilles2022a,

title = {Sucre4Stem: Collaborative Projects Based on IoT Devices for Students in Secondary and Pre-University Education},

author = {Sergio Trilles-Oliver and Aida Monfort-Muriach and Águeda Gómez-Cambronero and Carlos Granell-Canut},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2022.3166854},

issn = {1932-8540},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-05-01},

journal = {IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje},

volume = {17},

number = {2},

pages = {150-159},

abstract = {This paper describes a new technological evolution of the Sucre project, which aims to foster a vocation for science and develop computational thinking and programming skills in pre-university students. This improved version is called Sucre4Stem and has been designed from the Internet of Things perspective. At a technological level, we differentiate two main tools, SucreCore and SucreCode . SucreCore provides a new, more compact design, encapsulates an advanced microcontroller and supports wireless connectivity with the ability to create online variables and functions. SucreCode , the block-based visual programming tool, has a revamped interface and allows wireless communication with SucreCore . At the pedagogical level, Sucre4Stem makes it easier to implement new group dynamics and to create novel types of collaborative projects between groups of students. In this article, we also explore how these collaborative projects can be carried out by taking advantage of the different types of communications between SucreCore and the server-side platform using shared online variables and functions.},

keywords = {computer science, education, SUCRE, sucre4stem},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Trilles-Oliver2020e,

title = {Advancing preuniversity students' computational thinking skills through an educational project based on tangible elements and virtual block‐based programming},

author = {Sergio Trilles-Oliver and Carlos Granell-Canut},

doi = {10.1002/cae.22319},

isbn = {1099-0542},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-03-05},

urldate = {2020-03-05},

journal = {Computer Applications in Engineering Education},

volume = {28},

number = {6},

pages = {1490-1502},

abstract = {University students enroling in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)‐related studies such as computer science continue to decline, even though worldwide educational policy reports warn about the need for this type of professionals in the immediate future. Promoting computer science studies among preuniversity students seems the most direct solution to reverse this issue. In this context, we present the Sucre4Kids project whose main objectives are to engage young people into computational thinking and programming concepts using tangible elements and social interaction. We apply the Sucre4Kids approach to introductory courses of computational thinking and programming concepts to high‐school students. The main results of the 3‐year intervention in the classroom with 256 high‐school students reached suggest that tangible elements and social interaction in groups are determining factors in increasing students' motivation to learn to code and to raise their interest in STEM disciplines.},

keywords = {computer science, education, SUCRE, sucre4kids},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}