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Bati, Kaan – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
This research was aimed at summarizing experimental evidence regarding computational thinking and programming conducted in early childhood education in terms of the variables of plugged-in versus unplugged, age, and gender. For this purpose, the WoS, Scopus, and ERIC databases were scanned, and studies determined to be within the scope of the…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Programming, Early Childhood Education
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Fan Xu; Ana-Paula Correia – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2024
As online learning has become an inevitable trend in the post-peak era of the COVID-19 pandemic, distributed pair programming (DPP) is gaining momentum in both education and industry. DDP serves as a collaborative programming approach and also benefits the development of computational thinking, a fundamental skill in today's world. This study…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Cooperative Learning, Learning Activities
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Demir, Seda; Doguyurt, Mehmet Fatih – African Educational Research Journal, 2022
The purpose of this research was to compare the performances of the Fixed Effect Model (FEM) and the Random Effects Model (REM) in the meta-analysis studies conducted through 5, 10, 20 and 40 studies with an outlier and 4, 9, 19 and 39 studies without an outlier in terms of estimated common effect size, confidence interval coverage rate and…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Research Reports, Effect Size
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Ma, Jingsi; Zhang, Yi; Zhu, Zhifang; Zhao, Sunan; Wang, Qiyun – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
Computational thinking (CT) education has drawn increasing attention from educators and researchers. This study conducted a meta-analysis of 27 empirical studies to examine the effectiveness of game-based learning (GBL) for fostering students' CT. The effects of various factors on the learning process for acquiring CT were also examined. The…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Computation, Thinking Skills, Instructional Effectiveness
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Anna Åkerfeldt; Susanne Kjällander; Petra Petersen – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2024
In the following research review, 57 articles were analysed to get an insight into research in the field of computational thinking and programming in K-12. The results show that empirical research regarding programming and computational thinking is prevalent in the USA and Greece. The articles were published in 43 different academic journals. A…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Thinking Skills, Computation, Content Analysis
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Çetin, Mustafa; Demircan, Hasibe Özlen – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The purpose of this systematic review was (1) to synthesize findings from studies that provided programming experiences through robotics for children, between the ages of zero and eight, and for pre- or in-service teachers, of early childhood education and (2) to reveal the possible contributions of robotics programming for the integration of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Programming, Robotics, Educational Research