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Balaji Kalluri; Prajish Prasad; Prakrati Sharma; Divyaansh Chippa – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
Contribution: This article proposes a new theoretical model with a goal to develop future human computational thinking (CT) in foundational computer science (CS) education. The model blends six critical types of thinking, i.e., logical thinking, systems thinking, sustainable thinking, strategic thinking, creative thinking, and responsible thinking…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Computer Science Education, Critical Thinking
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Demir, Sibel – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study was performed with the participation of 31 science teacher candidates in their second year of higher education, enrolled in the science education department of a university in Turkey. During the study, the teacher candidates were asked two open-ended questions. The validity of these questions developed specifically for this study was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Creativity
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Worsley, Marcelo; Blikstein, Paulo – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2016
"Making" represents an increasingly popular label for describing a form of engineering design. While making is growing in popularity, there are still open questions about the strategies that students are using in these activities. Assessing and improving learning in making/ engineering design contexts require that we have a better…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Secondary School Students, Engineering, Engineering Education
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Demir, Sibel – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study was performed with the participation of 20 teacher candidates from the science education department of a university in Turkey. During the study, the teacher candidates were asked two questions, one of which was open-ended, while the other was multiple choice. The validity of these questions developed for this study was evaluated by two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Knowledge Level
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Mulvihill, Thalia M.; Swaminathan, Raji – Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
The purpose of this article is to analyze the perspectives of doctoral students on creativity and learning in the virtual environment. The researchers investigated the following central research question: to what extent is creative thinking fostered in virtual environments? In addition, the paper also examined how creativity is practiced in…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Creativity, Creative Thinking
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Oppezzo, Marily; Schwartz, Daniel L. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
Four experiments demonstrate that walking boosts creative ideation in real time and shortly after. In Experiment 1, while seated and then when walking on a treadmill, adults completed Guilford's alternate uses (GAU) test of creative divergent thinking and the compound remote associates (CRA) test of convergent thinking. Walking increased 81% of…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Experimental Psychology, Physical Activities, Motion
Fowlin, Julaine; Amelink, Catherine; Scales, Glenda – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
Innovative thinking skills are among the top characteristics that employers look for when hiring engineers. Universities are therefore charged with investigating and providing the type of learning environments that will foster the development of innovative thinking especially in large classes. This involves considering multiple factors such as the…
Descriptors: Innovation, Creative Thinking, Thinking Skills, Large Group Instruction
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Kommers, Piet, Ed.; Issa, Tomayess, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed.; Hui, Wendy, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
These proceedings contain the papers and poster of the 6th International Conference on Educational Technologies 2019 (ICEduTech 2019), which has been organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and co-organised by the Lingnan University, in Hong Kong, February 8-10, 2019. ICEduTech is the scientific…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary School Students, Reflection, Computer Mediated Communication