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Critical Thinking Assessment in K-12 Computing Education: A Systematic Mapping
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Deise Monquelate Arndt; Ramon Mayor Martins; Jean Carlo Rossa Hauck – Informatics in Education, 2025
Critical thinking is a fundamental skill for 21st-century citizens, and it should be promoted from elementary school and developed in computing education. However, assessing the development of critical thinking in educational contexts presents unique challenges. In this study, a systematic mapping was carried out to investigate how to assess the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Computer Science Education, 21st Century Skills
Empirical Laws and Theories of Information and Software Sciences.
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Zunde, Pranas – Information Processing and Management, 1984
Reviews what information and software sciences have thus far accomplished in search for empirical regularities and laws and examines what theories have been developed to explain and account for regularities and laws. Specific laws and theories of information highlighted are those of Zipf, Bradford, Lotka, Mandelbrot, and Simon. (Forty references)…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Software, Equations (Mathematics), Information Science
The Measurement of Information.
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Harmon, Glynn – Information Processing and Management, 1984
Views information as residual or catalytic form of energy which regulates other forms of energy in natural and artificial systems. Parallel human information processing (production systems, algorithms, heuristics) and information measurement are discussed. Suggestions for future research in area of parallel information processing include a matrix…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Processes, Energy, Heuristics
Knowledge-Sparse and Knowledge-Rich Learning in Information Retrieval.
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Rada, Roy – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Reviews aspects of the relationship between machine learning and information retrieval. Highlights include learning programs that extend from knowledge-sparse learning to knowledge-rich learning; the role of the thesaurus; knowledge bases; artificial intelligence; weighting documents; work frequency; and merging classification structures. (78…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Classification, Documentation
Statistical Cost Estimation in Higher Education: Some Alternatives.
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Brinkman, Paul T.; Niwa, Shelley – 1983
Recent developments in econometrics that are relevant to the task of estimating costs in higher education are reviewed. The relative effectiveness of alternative statistical procedures for estimating costs are also tested. Statistical cost estimation involves three basic parts: a model, a data set, and an estimation procedure. Actual data are used…
Descriptors: Algorithms, College Students, Cost Estimates, Full Time Students
On the Dual Nature of Mathematical Conceptions: Reflections on Processes and Objects as Different Sides of the Same Coin.
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Sfard, Anna – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1991
This paper presents a theoretical framework for investigating the role of algorithms in mathematical thinking using a combined ontological-psychological outlook. The intent is to demonstrate that the processes of learning and of problem solving incorporate an elaborate interplay between operational and structural conceptualizations of the same…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation