"Are There Gears and Belts Inside the Computer?": Preliminary Results of Research on Preconceptions of 6-9-Graders

Abstract

The revised Czech national computing curriculum for grades 6-9 entails the topic of how digital devices work. Up to date materials for teaching this topic are lacking in the Czech context. Our goal is to create such materials. As a first step, we mapped preconceptions of children from grades 6-9 about how a digital devices work and what hardware parts they comprise of (N = 53, semi-structured interviews). Preliminary analysis uncovered some preconceptions not discovered by existing literature. This poster presents these preconceptions.