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Noa Ragonis; Rinat B. Rosenberg-Kima; Orit Hazzan – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2025
Computational thinking is accepted today as a collection of cognitive and social skills required for functioning in the 21st century. The paper presents a conceptual view at computational thinking that encompass concepts, problem-solving skills, application skills, and social skills. To impart those perceptions and skills the paper proposes the…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Qing Li; Mahnaz Moallem; Jeremy Boettinger; Qijie Cai; Michael Levi – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2025
Aiming to promote equity in computing, this study proposes an educational model that offers an alternative approach to inspire K-12 students to become interested in CS and develop their computational thinking (CT) skills. It also examines the experience of marginalized students during the COVID pandemic in a learning environment grounded in the…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Student Experience, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
Middle school students participating in energy-monitoring activities guided by their teachers during 2009-2011 gained (p < 0.05) in content knowledge and became more positive in their dispositions toward STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). No comparison group data were gathered for this initial study. Activities were…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Middle School Students, STEM Education