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Qian, Yizhou; Lehman, James – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2022
This study investigated common student errors and underlying difficulties of two groups of Chinese middle school students in an introductory Python programming course using data in the automated assessment tool (AAT) Mulberry. One group of students was from a typical middle school while the other group was from a high-ability middle school. By…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Programming, Computer Science Education, Error Patterns
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Camila Porto; Emiliano Pereiro; María Eugenia Curi; Victor Koleszar; Alar Urruticoechea – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2025
The Uruguayan computational thinking (CT) program promotes CT skills for students in fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. Since 2017, it has reached over 70,000 students, with participation and Bebras challenge performance equally distributed by gender. This study examines gender perspectives in the program, focusing on teacher perceptions, student…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes
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Chen, Ching-Huei; Liu, Tung-Kai; Huang, Kun – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2023
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence in many disciplines, computational thinking (CT) has become an important skill for the 21st century. To promote vocational high school students' CT skills in learning about programmable logic controllers, this study intended to examine how cognitive and metacognitive prompts separately or…
Descriptors: Vocational High Schools, High School Students, Thinking Skills, Computation