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Mehmet Küçük; Tarik Talan; Muhammet Demirbilek – Informatics in Education, 2024
This study investigated the effects of 3D model building activities with block codes on students' spatial thinking and computational thinking skills. The study group consists of 5th grade students in a secondary school in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. For the study, a pretestposttest control group was utilized within the experimental…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Spatial Ability, Programming
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Wei-Ying Li; Tzu-Chuen Lu – Informatics in Education, 2024
This study investigates the effect of programming courses on the computational thinking (CT) skills of elementary school students and the learning effectiveness of students from different backgrounds who are studying programming. We designed a OwlSpace programming course into an elementary school curriculum. Students in fourth and fifth grades…
Descriptors: Programming, Computation, Thinking Skills, Elementary School Students
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Vink, Isabelle C. de; Tolboom, Jos L. J.; Beekum, Olivier van – Informatics in Education, 2023
Due to technological advancements, robotics is findings its way into the classroom. However, workload for teachers is high, and teachers sometimes lack the knowledge to implement robotics education. A key factor of robotics education is peer learning, and having students (near-)peers teach them robotics could diminish workload. Therefore, this…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Robotics, STEM Education, Elementary School Students