This computer programming app is so easy to use that even a kindergartener can do it. Researchers in Massachusetts have created a basic computer coding app that they say is the first designed ...

• Text-based programming languages like CSS, Java and Python, and block-based programming languages like Scratch, Scratch Jr and Snap.

Scratch has a new sibling. The MIT Media Lab-developed programming environment intended for children recently welcomed ScratchJr into the world of kids' coding tools. The new release is actually a ...

Ten years ago, a computer programming language called Scratch emerged from the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Using stackable icons to represent the sequencing and logic of ...

A computer coding tutorial program for eight to 13-year-olds was released five years ago – but now the team behind it is working on a version for three to eight-year-olds. Massachusetts Institute of ...

Computer science (CS) is widely recognized as a key STEM discipline that will lead to enriched study and career opportunities. According to a seminal and still widely cited 2015 Gallup and Google poll ...

SAN JOSE – A Silicon Valley teacher has seemingly cracked the code in teaching young children as young as seven, how to think like programmers or software engineers, by devising an approach that is ...

Coding and computer programming are slowly becoming part of the core curriculum in schools and districts across the U.S.–and some educators say the earlier students start coding, the better. Research ...