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The Effect of Integrating Computational Thinking (CT) Components into Science Teaching on 6th Grade Students' Learning of the Circulatory System Concepts and CT Skills
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Aydan Aytekin; Mustafa Sami Topçu – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Circulatory system is a challenging subject for middle school students to learn and understand conceptual relationships. To address these challenges, this study developed plugged (computational thinking activities using computer) and unplugged (computational thinking activities without using computer) teaching modules that integrated computational…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Human Body, Middle School Students
How Archimedes Helped Students to Unravel the Mystery of the Magical Number Pi
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Papadopoulos, Ioannis – Science & Education, 2014
This paper describes a classroom experiment where students use techniques found in the history of mathematics to learn about an important mathematical idea. More precisely, sixth graders in a primary school follow Archimedes's method of exhaustion in order to compute the number p. Working in a computer environment, students inscribe and…
Descriptors: History, Grade 6, Elementary School Science, Computer Uses in Education
Making Insulation Decisions through Mathematical Modeling
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Yanik, H. Bahadir; Memis, Yasin – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2014
Engaging students in studies about conservation and sustainability can support their understanding of making environmental conscious decisions to conserve Earth. This article aims to contribute these efforts and direct students' attention to how they can use mathematics to make environmental decisions. Contributors to iSTEM: Integrating…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Teaching Methods, Conservation (Environment), Energy Conservation
Developing Multiplicative Thinking with Rectangular Array Tasks in a Computer Environment
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Huang, Amy I-Yu – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study reports findings from a teaching experiment in which 4th grade children engaged in solving multiplication tasks with rectangular arrays in a computer environment. The environment provided flexible task-solving through dynamic virtual manipulatives (VMs) so children could use their existing knowledge of multiplication to complete array…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Multiplication, Problem Solving, Elementary School Mathematics
Developing Computational Thinking through Grounded Embodied Cognition
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Fadjo, Cameron Lawrence – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Two studies were conducted to examine the use of grounded embodied pedagogy, construction of Imaginary Worlds (Study 1), and context of instructional materials (Study 2) for developing learners' Computational Thinking (CT) Skills and Concept knowledge during the construction of digital artifacts using Scratch, a block-based programming…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Concept Formation, Instruction
Estimating Reading Growth Attributable to Accelerated Reader at One American School in the Caribbean
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Foster, David K.; Foster, Dean P. – Reading Psychology, 2014
This article provides a statistical analysis of the reading gains observed at one American school in the Caribbean that was using Accelerated Reader. It provides an estimate of the number of hours students needed to read to advance their reading performance an additional year. The authors estimate how much Accelerated Reader contributed to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains, Reading Instruction