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Michael Karlin; Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich; Yin-Chan Janet Liao – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2024
A significant gender gap continues to exist within computer science (CS) education, despite nationwide emphasis in the U.S. on improving CS education equity and access. To explore this issue, we conducted an ethnographic case study within a classroom at Forest View High School (FVHS, pseudonym) where girls' participation in CS was consistently…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Student Experience, Teaching Experience, High School Students
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Valerie Critten; Hannah Hagon; Melike Aslan Unlu – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2024
In light of current developments, there is an increasing effort to integrate computing-oriented activities into the education of children as young as two years old. Although the computing strand is not officially addressed in the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework (DfES, 2024), a small number of early years teachers in England…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Computation, Problem Solving
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Kristina M. Tank; Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich; Tamara J. Moore; Sohheon Yang; Zarina Wafula; Jiyoung Kim; Bárbara Fagundes; Lin Chu – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2024
Within the field of K-2 computer science (CS) education, unplugged computational thinking (CT) activities have been suggested as beneficial for younger students and shown to impact young students' skills and motivation to learn about CS. This study sought to examine how children demonstrate CT competencies in unplugged sequencing tasks and how…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Computer Science Education, Preschool Children
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Almabrok Musa Almdahem – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2024
A national curriculum for the study of computing became compulsory in English secondary schools in September 2014, replacing the study of information and communications technology with computer science (CS). This posed difficulties for teachers and students who did not have knowledge or experience of programming. This study was designed to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Computer Science Education, Programming, Student Attitudes
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Sevinç Parlak; Neriman Tokel; Ünal Cakiroglu – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2024
This study explores the impact of robotics activities on the creativity and problem-solving performances of secondary school students. The participants consisted of 10 students from a computer science class at a secondary school. The robotics activities utilized Lego Ev3 kits and incorporated reverse engineering principles. Data were gathered…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Robotics, Creative Thinking, Problem Solving
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Jacqueline Nijenhuis-Voogt; Durdane Bayram; Paulien C. Meijer; Erik Barendsen – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2024
A context-based approach to education aims to improve students' meaningful learning and uses authentic situations in which scientific concepts are applied. The use of contexts may contribute to the learning of abstract concepts such as algorithms. The selection of appropriate contexts, however, is challenging for teachers. It is therefore…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Computer Science Education, Secondary School Science, Algorithms
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Yasemin Allsop; Filiz Kalelioglu; Melike Aslan Unlu – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2024
This study investigated the effectiveness of the 'Match it' card sorting activity for evaluating the student teachers' knowledge and understanding of computational thinking (CT) concepts. One hundred forty-six primary student teachers were asked to sort 26 scenarios and words alongside nine images under five main computational concepts:…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Thinking Skills, Generalization
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Katharine Childs; Sue Sentance – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2024
Gender balance in computing education is a decades-old issue that has been the focus of much previous research. In K-12, the introduction of mandatory computing education goes some way to giving all learners the opportunity to engage with computing throughout school, but a gender imbalance still persists when computer science becomes an elective…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Females, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students