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Assessing Young Students' Design Thinking Disposition and Its Relationship with Computer Programming Self-Efficacy
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Tsai, Meng-Jung; Wang, Ching-Yeh – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
To explore the role of design thinking in contemporary computer literacy education, this study aimed to examine the relationship between young students' design thinking disposition and their computer programming self-efficacy. To assess students' design thinking disposition, this study developed the Design Thinking Disposition Scale (DTDS) with a…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Computer Science Education, Computer Literacy
Abstractive-Based Programming Approach to Computational Thinking: Discover, Extract, Create, and Assemble
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Ezeamuzie, Ndudi O. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
Most studies suggest that students develop computational thinking (CT) through learning programming. However, when the target of CT is decoupled from programming, emerging evidence challenges the assertion of CT transferability from programming. In this study, CT was operationalized in everyday problem-solving contexts in a learning experiment (n…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills
Enhancing Learning from Different Visualizations by Self-Explanation Prompts
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Lin, Lijia; Atkinson, Robert K. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2013
The purpose of the two experiments was to investigate the potential effects of different types of visualizations and self-explanation prompts on learning human cardiovascular system in a multimedia environment. In Experiments 1 and 2, 70 and 44 college students were randomly assigned to one of the four conditions in a 2 × 2 factorial design with…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Visualization, Prompting, Human Body
Learning Ecologies for Technological Fluency: Gender and Experience Differences
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Barron, Brigid – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2004
The concern with a "digital divide" has been transformed from one defined by technological access to technological prowess--employing technologies for more empowered and generative uses such as learning and innovation. Participation in technological fluency-building activities among high school students in a community heavily involved in the…
Descriptors: Programming, Advanced Placement, Gender Differences, Calculus
The Effects of Students' Computer-Based Prior Experiences and Instructional Exposures on the Application of Hypermedia-Related Mental Models.
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Reed, W. Michael; And Others – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1996
University students (n=15) were asked how a hypermedia program's features reflected 4 theoretical constructs, 2 linear models (semantic networks, frames/scripts), and 2 nonlinear models (concept maps and schemata). Regardless of hypermedia experience, students cited more linear than nonlinear models, suggesting that more experience in programming,…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Concept Mapping
Computer Attitudes and Computer Knowledge of Adult Students.
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Massoud, Samia L. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1991
Describes a study that used a computer survey to investigate the relationship between computer attitudes and the selected variables of age, gender, and computer knowledge among adult basic education students in Texas. Hypotheses tested are explained, comparisons are made with a national sample, and recommendations for further studies are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences, Attitudes