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Making Them Gifted: How Elementary Makers' Spaces Reveal Giftedness
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Saunders, Gary L., II – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study explores how upper-grade elementary makers' spaces reveal creative thinking and critical thinking in identified and unidentified gifted students. It provides evidence that the situated learning context of makers' spaces elicit high-level motivation through constructionist practices and 21st century learning processes that leads to…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Shared Resources and Services, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
Coding in the Curriculum: Learning Computational Practices and Concepts, Creative Problem Solving Skills, and Academic Content in Ten to Fourteen-Year-Old Children
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Donley, Kevin S. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The fundamentals of computer science are increasingly important to consider as critical educational and occupational competencies, as evidenced by the rapid growth of computing capabilities and the proliferation of the Internet in the 21st century, combined with reimagined national education standards. Despite this technological and social…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Programming Languages, Computation
The Viability of Virtual Worlds in Higher Education: Can Creativity Thrive outside the Traditional Classroom Environment?
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Bradford, Linda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In spite of the growing popularity of virtual worlds for gaming, recreation, and education, few studies have explored the efficacy of 3D immersive virtual worlds in post-secondary instruction; even fewer discuss the ability of virtual worlds to help young adults develop creative thinking. This study investigated the effect of virtual world…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Virtual Universities, Virtual Classrooms
The Viability of Virtual Worlds in Higher Education: Can Creativity Thrive outside the Traditional Classroom Environment?
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Linda M. Bradford – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In spite of the growing popularity of virtual worlds for gaming, recreation, and education, few studies have explored the efficacy of 3D immersive virtual worlds in post-secondary instruction; even fewer discuss the ability of virtual worlds to help young adults develop creative thinking. This study investigated the effect of virtual world…
Descriptors: Creativity Tests, Creative Thinking, Higher Education, College Students