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Assessing Computational Thinking through the Lenses of Functionality and Computational Fluency
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Metcalf, Shari J.; Reilly, Joseph M.; Jeon, Soobin; Wang, Annie; Pyers, Allyson; Brennan, Karen; Dede, Chris – Computer Science Education, 2021
Background and Context: This study looks at computational thinking (CT) assessment of programming artifacts within the context of CT integrated with science education through computational modeling. Objective: The goal is to explore methodologies for assessment of student-constructed computational models through two lenses: functionality and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Computation, Thinking Skills, Science Education
What's in a Wave? Using Modeling and Computational Thinking to Enhance Students' Understanding of Waves
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Enderle, Patrick; King, Natalie; Margulieux, Lauren – Science Teacher, 2021
Teaching about wave structure and function is a critical element of any physical science curriculum and supported by "Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)" PS4: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer. To support students' learning of these ideas, teachers often rely on developing graphic models of a…
Descriptors: Science Education, Standards, Teaching Methods, Science Curriculum
Luminous Science: Teachers Designing for and Developing Transdisciplinary Thinking and Learning
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Finch, Lila; Moreno, Celeste; Shapiro, R. Benjamin – Cognition and Instruction, 2021
Creating learning environments that integrate arts, sciences, and computing in education can improve learning in these disciplines. In particular, transdisciplinary integrations of these disciplines can lead to expansive alterations or dissolutions of epistemological, ideological, and methodological boundaries. We wish to support teachers in the…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Processes, Thinking Skills, Epistemology
Using Scaffolded Programming Scripts in Educational Robotics Activities to Teach Preservice Teachers Computational Thinking
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Angeli, Charoula M.; Jaipal-Jamani, Kamini – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
In an era where computational thinking is regarded as a basic skill for the 21st century that needs to be taught across the K-12 curriculum, research shows that teacher education programs do not adequately prepare preservice teachers to promote computational thinking skills in classroom teaching. Accordingly, the present study contributes to the…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Programming, Robotics, Preservice Teachers
Advancing Creative Visual Thinking with Constructive Function-Based Modelling
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Pasko, Alexander; Adzhiev, Valery; Malikova, Evgeniya; Pilyugin, Victor – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2013
Modern education technologies are destined to reflect the realities of a modern digital age. The juxtaposition of real and synthetic (computer-generated) worlds as well as a greater emphasis on visual dimension are especially important characteristics that have to be taken into account in learning and teaching. We describe the ways in which an…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Models, Visual Aids
Software for the Application of Discrete Latent Structure Models to Item Response Data.
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Haertel, Edward H. – 1996
These FORTRAN programs and MATHEMATICA routines were developed in the course of a research project titled "Achievement and Assessment in School Science: Modeling and Mapping Ability and Performance." Their use is described in other publications from that project, including "Latent Traits or Latent States? The Role of Discrete Models…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Computer Software, Educational Assessment