Letizia Jaccheri
Papers
8
Total Citations
423
H-Index
6
About
Letizia Jaccheri is a prominent computer science researcher whose work sits at the intersection of technology education, creativity, and child engagement. Based at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, she has built a distinguished career investigating how young people — particularly children and teenagers — learn through making, coding, and creative digital expression. Her most influential contribution, a 2016 literature review on the Maker Movement (313 citations), established her as a leading voice in understanding hands-on, maker-oriented learning approaches. Jaccheri has been a pioneering advocate for introducing children to programming through accessible tools like Scratch and Arduino, exploring not only how young learners engage with these platforms but *why* — examining motivation, emotion, and creative agency in landmark studies from 2013 and 2014. A recurring theme across her work is equity and inclusion: her research on girls' experiences with programming reflects a commitment to broadening participation in technology. She has also explored computational thinking assessment, artistic robotics, and the relationship between IT and art, demonstrating an admirably interdisciplinary vision. Through empirical, evidence-based methodologies, Jaccheri has helped shape global conversations about how coding education can be both effective and genuinely joyful for young learners.
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Top Papers
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- 2What motivates children to become creators of digital enriched artifacts?38 citations · 2013
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- 4Creative Programming Experiences for Teenagers14 citations · 2016
- 5Designing creative activities for children10 citations · 2013
- 6Information Technology and Art: Concepts and State of the Practice6 citations · 2009
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- 8Kid Coding Games and Artistic Robots3 citations · 2018