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Hsiao-Ping Hsu – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
The advancement of large language model-based generative artificial intelligence (LLM-based GenAI) has sparked significant interest in its potential to address challenges in computational thinking (CT) education. CT, a critical problem-solving approach in the digital age, encompasses elements such as abstraction, iteration, and generalisation.…
Descriptors: Programming, Prompting, Computation, Thinking Skills
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Tracey A. Regenold; Sheila E. Murphy; Philip A. Reed – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
A design-based research study on the development of one-page tools to support systemic thinking in public managers is presented. Study participants included public managers of social and human service agencies within government or nonprofit organizations, as learners for whom the tools were designed; and instructional design professionals,…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Thinking Skills, Public Administration, Social Services
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Yu-Hui Ching; Yu-Chang Hsu – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
Educational robotics has been adopted to create interactive and engaging learning environments to develop computational thinking (CT) in K-12 learners. This study systematically examined 22 peer-reviewed empirical research articles on the use of educational robotics to develop CT in young learners (pre-kindergarten to 6th grade) published between…
Descriptors: Robotics, Educational Technology, Preschool Education, Elementary Education
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Benjamin Emihovich – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
Serious games, board games, and well-designed commercial video games represent emerging technologies that have been utilized by instructors to help students develop systems thinking skills. In this paper, the author proposes an innovative pedagogical framework that can support educators using digital game-based learning in higher education. By…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Thinking Skills, Systems Approach
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Xinyue Ren; Min Lun Wu – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has demonstrated their affordances and limitations in revolutionizing pedagogical strategies in higher education. Given the lack of guidelines, policies, and resources to assist instructors in efficiently and ethically integrating AI into teaching and learning practices, this…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
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Youngjin Lee – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
This study investigates community sentiments and opinions regarding the use of ChatGPT in education within online user forums. Large Language Model (LLM)-based sentiment analysis was conducted on the posts and comments submitted to Teachers Subreddit, an online community for educators. The analysis revealed that the members of Teachers Subreddit…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Artificial Intelligence, Discourse Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication