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Dan Sun; Chengcong Zhu; Fan Xu; Yan Li; Fan Ouyang; Miaoting Cheng – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024
Although previous research has provided some insights into the effects of block-based and text-based programming modalities, there is a dearth of a detailed, multi-dimensional analysis of the transition process from different introductory programming modalities to professional programming learning. This study employed a quasi-experimental design…
Descriptors: Programming, Secondary School Students, Computation, Thinking Skills
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Li, Jiansheng; Liu, Jiao; Yuan, Rui; Shadiev, Rustam – Educational Technology & Society, 2022
This study explores the role of socially shared regulation on computational thinking performance in cooperative learning. Ninety-four middle school students from China aged between 16 and 18 participated in this study. Forty-six students were in the experimental group, and 48 students were in the control group. Students in the experimental group…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries
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Seralidou, Eleni; Douligeris, Christos – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
The effective teaching of the concept of programming, where critical thinking is an important factor, is not so easy in secondary education. New teaching approaches, including, game-based learning, may provide a solution due to their inclusion of more fun and diverse activities but they still lack the active participation of the students in the…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Programming Languages, Educational Games
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Svensson, Kim; Eriksson, Urban; Pendrill, Ann-Marie – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
A small group of interested upper secondary education students participated in a workshop where they created a particle-based physics engine and used the engine to implement a hanging cloth simulation and a two-dimensional heat diffusion model of their own creation. During the implementation of their models, learning opportunities present…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Science Education, Secondary School Students
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Tan, Wee-Ling; Samsudin, Mohd Ali; Ismail, Mohd Erfy; Ahmad, Nur Jahan – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2020
The main aim of the presented research was to examine the interaction between student's gender and achievements in learning concepts of electricity via STEAM integrated approach utilizing Scratch. This research was aimed to determine the gender disparity for lower-secondary school students in learning about the concepts of electricity.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Academic Achievement, Energy
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Seralidou, Eleni; Douligeris, Christos – Education and Information Technologies, 2019
The continuous technological development nowadays acts ancillary and supportively in student-centered learning, in both formal and informal education settings. Effective learning environments, such as the AppInventor software, could spark the students' interest and allow them to develop programming skills and strengthen their algorithmic…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Student Centered Learning, Programming Languages, Foreign Countries