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Direct linkAmanda Peel; Troy D. Sadler; Patricia Friedrichsen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
Computational thinking (CT) is becoming increasingly important for K-12 science education, thus warranting new integrations of CT and science content. This intervention study integrated CT through unplugged, or handwritten, algorithmic explanations of natural selection. As students investigated natural selection in varying contexts (specific and…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computation, Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education
