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Xinli Zhang; Yuchen Chen; Lailin Hu; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Yun-Fang Tu – International Journal of STEM Education, 2025
Background: In the digital age, fostering young children's computational thinking (CT) and executive functions (EFs) through programming has emerged as a significant research issue. While unplugged programming activities are commonly adopted in preschools, robot programming activities have recently gained attention for the potential to enhance…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computation, Executive Function, Programming
Nardie Fanchamps; Emily van Gool; Lou Slangen; Paul Hennissen – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Learning basic concepts of programming resulting in a development on computational thinking (CT) can be reached by means of digital programming environments. As a counterpart, the application of unplugged programming activities seems also to have promising potential regarding the impact on CT. The main characteristic of unplugged programming is…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Programming, Computer Peripherals
Fanchamps, Nardie; Slangen, Lou; Specht, Marcus; Hennissen, Paul – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2022
This article illustrates that the task design and problem selection are of characteristic influence to evoke sense-reason-act programming (SRA) among primary school pupils when programming robots. Research shows that the task design influences the development of computational thinking (CT). The literature provides evidence that the context, the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Robotics, Programming, Thinking Skills
Yu-Hui Ching; Yu-Chang Hsu – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
Educational robotics has been adopted to create interactive and engaging learning environments to develop computational thinking (CT) in K-12 learners. This study systematically examined 22 peer-reviewed empirical research articles on the use of educational robotics to develop CT in young learners (pre-kindergarten to 6th grade) published between…
Descriptors: Robotics, Educational Technology, Preschool Education, Elementary Education
Zhenhua Wu; Linting Zheng; Li'an Huang – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Programming has been considered a crucial "object to think with", which can integrate with various disciplines and facilitate learning in other areas. However, existing research primarily focuses on how children learn to code rather than how coding helps them to learn. To address this gap, a quasi-experimental case study was conducted…
Descriptors: Coding, Robotics, Programming, Kindergarten
Carolina Salinas; María José Seckel; Adriana Breda; Carmen Espinoza – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2024
The incorporation of Computer Science teaching in educational systems has increased in recent years. Given international interest, Chile has promoted projects to promote the development of students' digital skills. Focusing on this new educational context, this research reports the results regarding the identification of computational concepts and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computation, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Education
Anna van der Meulen; Mijke Hartendorp; Wendy Voorn; Felienne Hermans – Computer Science Education, 2024
Background and Context: In order to fully include learners with visual impairments in early programming education, it is necessary to gain insight into specificities regarding their experience of and approach to abstract computational concepts. Objective: In this study, we use the model of the layers of abstraction to explore how learners with…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Programming
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
Khodabandelou, Rouhollah; Alhoqani, Khaloud – Education 3-13, 2023
This research aimed to study the effects of the WeDo 2.0 robot workshop on grade five students' acquisition of the computational thinking concepts (CTCs) and their acceptance of the robot technology. A quasi-experimental method, One-Group Pre-test Post-test design, was used. Thirty-five grade 5 students participated in a five-day (four hours of…
Descriptors: Robotics, Workshops, Foreign Countries, Grade 5
Cai, Qijie Vicky; Hong, Huili; McNary, Scot W.; Song, Liyan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
To broaden participation in robotics education, a free, after-school robotics program has been designed and developed at a public university. As part of a longitudinal study, this paper reports the first iteration of the program, offered to 12 students from Grades 3 through 7 in spring 2022. Three preservice teachers were trained as…
Descriptors: Program Development, Robotics, Computation, Thinking Skills
Yang, Weipeng; Ng, Davy Tsz Kit; Gao, Hongyu – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
Programmable robotics is recently used in early childhood education (ECE) to introduce programming and computational thinking (CT) skills. However, there is a further need for research to contrast the efficacy of children's participation in robot programming and traditionally beneficial ECE activities. The present study thus investigated the…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Robotics, Programming
Shen, Ji; Chen, Guanhua; Barth-Cohen, Lauren; Jiang, Shiyan; Eltoukhy, Moataz – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2022
Computational thinking (CT) has been advocated as an essential problem solving skill students need to develop. Emphasizing on CT applied in both programming and everyday contexts, we developed a humanoid robotics curriculum and a computerized assessment instrument. We implemented the curriculum with six classes of 125 fifth graders. Quantitative…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Computation, Thinking Skills
Shang, Xiaojing; Jiang, Zhujun; Chiang, Feng-Kuang; Zhang, Yicong; Zhu, Dan – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) camp program on rural students' self-efficacy and computational thinking skills. One hundred fifty-three third- and fourth-grade elementary school students from three different rural schools in China were recruited to participate. All…
Descriptors: Robotics, STEM Education, Camps, Rural Schools
Merino-Armero, José Miguel; González-Calero, José Antonio; Cózar-Gutiérrez, Ramón – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
In modern society technology is widely used and, with the digitization of many services, this is an upward trend. Therefore, computational thinking (CT) is an increasingly important concept; an aspect that is being reflected on educational policies and the extracurricular offer of different countries. This study aims to look at the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extracurricular Activities, Robotics, Elementary School Students
Franz Schröer; Claudia Tenberge; Nele Schemel; Malin Osnabrügge; Lea Schneider – Design and Technology Education, 2024
The professional development of teachers is considered a central task of teacher training and therefore also for teaching technology education in an era of digitalization. The anchoring of technology and digital technologies is becoming a mandatory task in teaching especially due to curriculum requirements and an increasing importance of learning…
Descriptors: Robotics, Elementary School Teachers, Technology Integration, Foreign Countries