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Circuit Check: A Debugging Tool for Supporting Productive Tinkering of Physical Computing Systems in Secondary Classrooms
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Michael Schneider – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Electronic textiles (e-textiles) weave computational and electronic components into fabric, enabling students to design and build fabric-based projects that interact with their surroundings. This meshing of physical hardware and virtual software can be difficult for students to untangle when debugging. Is an LED failing to light up because of an…
Descriptors: Troubleshooting, Computer Science Education, Computation, Secondary School Students
Communicating about Computational Thinking: Understanding Affordances of Portfolios for Assessing High School Students' Computational Thinking and Participation Practices
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Fields, Deborah; Lui, Debora; Kafai, Yasmin; Jayathirtha, Gayithri; Walker, Justice; Shaw, Mia – Computer Science Education, 2021
Background and Context: While assessment of computational thinking concepts, practices, and perspectives is at the forefront of K-12 CS education, supporting student "communication about computation" has received relatively little attention. Objective: To examine the usability of process-based portfolios for capturing students'…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computation, Thinking Skills, Student Projects
Excelling in Engineering: Integrating Computational Thinking through Wearable Technologies and Programmable E-Textiles
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Strimel, Greg J.; Morehouse, Abby; Bartholomew, Scott R.; Swift, Colin; Woessner, Jonathan – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2019
Computational thinking is a problem-solving technique traditionally employed by computer scientists to develop computer applications. However, computational thinking practices are now believed to be applicable to other fields (Google for Education, 2018), specifically those related to engineering and technology. Accordingly, the Advancing…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Assistive Technology, Technology Uses in Education
A Rubric for Describing Competences in the Areas of Circuitry, Computation, and Crafting after a Course Using E-Textiles
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Lee, Victor R.; Fields, Deborah A. – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2017
Purpose: In light of growing interest in the maker movement and electronic textiles (e-textiles) as an educational technology, the purpose of this paper is to characterize competence change in undergraduate students who participated in a semester-length course that used e-textiles. Design/methodology/approach: This qualitative and exploratory…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Educational Technology, Minimum Competency Testing, Undergraduate Students