Coding apps and toys may motivate kids and improve their computer science confidence, but they are unlikely to work miracles.

As well as promoting the value of coding for the school curriculum, another aim of the project was to show kids that they could create their own computer games, rather than just playing them -- an ...

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average salary for a computer programmer was $77,550 per year in 2014. Most computer programmers have a Bachelor’s degree. Simply, coding is ...

That’s the aim of entrepreneurs behind new coding toys for kids as young as 6. They’re spurred by a desire to get children interested in computer science well before their opinions about what ...

Education guidelines for schools cover pilot programs to push ahead with classes focusing on major fields such as science, math, engineering and technology, including computer coding.

This week, thousands of events around the world are encouraging computer-coding literacy. "Coding is really about creative self-expression and storytelling," says Mitchel Resnick of MIT's Media Lab.

Researchers in Massachusetts created a basic computer coding app they say is the first designed specifically for children as young as 5.

Coding for kids: schoolchildren learn computer programming Primary school children are staying on after class to learn the building blocks of computer programming ...

Eleven. That Chinese kids, including some as young as six, are learning the basics of computer programming is by no means a sign that the country is on the technological cutting edge.