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Direct linkTheodosios Sapounidis; Sophia Rapti; Julie Vaiopoulou – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2025
Communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity are regarded as core skills of the twenty-first century required to succeed in life and working frameworks. Meanwhile, new technologies have entered educational settings to facilitate children's development of competencies. During the last decade, several studies have been conducted…
Descriptors: Robotics, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Kindergarten
Luo, Feiya; Ijeluola, Stephen Abiodun; Westerlund, Jill; Walker, Amanda; Denham, André; Walker, John; Young, Cherelle – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2023
As more states in the USA require elementary schools to offer computer science (CS) education, teachers are expected to master the knowledge and skills to teach CS by integrating computational thinking (CT) into content areas. This study presented a research-practice partnership approach to support elementary teachers in a local school district…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Computation, Thinking Skills, Integrated Curriculum
Dickes, Amanda Catherine; Farris, Amy Voss; Sengupta, Pratim – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
In recent years, the field of education has challenged researchers and practitioners to incorporate computing as an essential focus of K-12 STEM education. Integrating computing within K-12 STEM supports learners of all ages in codeveloping and using computational thinking in existing curricular contexts alongside practices essential for…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Coding, STEM Education, Computer Science Education
Ketelhut, Diane Jass; Mills, Kelly; Hestness, Emily; Cabrera, Lautaro; Plane, Jandelyn; McGinnis, J. Randy – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
Computer science and computer science education are marked by gender and racial disparities. To increase the number and diversity of students engaging in computer science, young children need opportunities to develop interest and foundational understandings, including computational thinking (CT). Accordingly, elementary teachers need to understand…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computation, Thinking Skills, Faculty Development
Weng, Xiaojing; Cui, Zhihao; Ng, Oi-Lam; Jong, Morris S. Y.; Chiu, Thomas K. F. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
Amid the maker movement, educators are proposing various making activities with programmable artifacts to prepare students for coping with the challenges in the twenty-first century. Today, the "4C" skills--critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration--are regarded as significant learning outcomes in Science,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Problem Based Learning, Experiential Learning, Problem Solving
Pierson, Ashlyn E.; Brady, Corey E.; Clark, Douglas B. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
This paper describes the work done by sixth grade students to achieve and sustain productive and personally meaningful lines of inquiry with computational models. The capacity to frame interactions with tools as dialogic exchanges with co-participants is a productive practice for disciplinary engagement in science and for computational thinking…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Thinking Skills, Self Concept, Personal Autonomy
