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Computational Thinking in Early Grade Classrooms: How Young Learners Interact with Physical Devices to Ground Their Understanding of Computational Thinking
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Bih Epse Fofang Janet Shufor – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Computational thinking (CT) has been supported as an important skill every young person should possess for the 21st century, with possible implications for problem-solving, self-expression, and creativity. Numerous initiatives, both within and outside classroom settings, have been developed in response to policy mandates aiming at broadening…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Elementary School Students, Assistive Technology
A Qualitative Study Exploring Robots as a Potential Classroom Tool for Teaching Computational Thinking within a Sixth-Grade Class
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Munn, Carol A. – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This research study explored robotics as the catalyst for computational thinking (CT) by sixth-grade students as they are engaged in a science lesson. The interactions, understandings, and applications are discussed, along with the participants' connections and implementations of CT concepts (decomposition, abstraction, pattern recognition, and…
Descriptors: Robotics, Grade 6, Units of Study, Science Instruction
Toward Increased Retention in University Computer Science Programs a Language Socialization Approach
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Green, Caitlin Moriah – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation is a mixed-methods ethnographic study of students in the introductory class in the Engineering & Computer Science (ECS) department at University of California, Davis (UC Davis). I collected audio-recorded natural speech and questionnaire data from students attending this course during two academic quarters, Fall 2016 and…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Metalinguistics, Ethnography, Introductory Courses