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Direct linkMinji Jeon; Kyungbin Kwon – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
This study investigated the computational thinking (CT) practices of eight pre-service teachers through their Scratch and Python programs. Conducted within an undergraduate-level computer science education course, students learned CT concepts via parallel instruction in block-based programming (Scratch) and text-based programming (Python). The…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Computation, Cognitive Processes
Caeli, Elisa Nadire; Yadav, Aman – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
In the recent years, there has been a push to engage primary and secondary students in computer science to prepare them to live and work in a world influenced by computation. One of the efforts involves getting primary and secondary students to think computationally by introducing computational ideas such as, algorithms and abstraction. Majority…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Problem Solving
Remshagen, Anja; Huett, Kim C. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
As schools endeavor to provide all students with access to computational thinking and computer science, the hackathon emerges as a competitive and high-energy event that uses authentic problems to motivate learners to engage in the domain of computing. This article presents the design case of a hackathon for teenagers as enacted over five…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Software, Group Activities, Problem Solving
Akcaoglu, Mete – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
Design involves solving complex, ill-structured problems. Design tasks are consequently, appropriate contexts for children to exercise higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills. Although creating engaging and authentic design contexts for young children is difficult within the confines of traditional schooling, recently, game-design has…
Descriptors: Games, Instructional Design, Computer Science Education, Programming
Yadav, Aman; Hong, Hai; Stephenson, Chris – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
The recent focus on computational thinking as a key 21st century skill for all students has led to a number of curriculum initiatives to embed it in K-12 classrooms. In this paper, we discuss the key computational thinking constructs, including algorithms, abstraction, and automation. We further discuss how these ideas are related to current…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Technological Literacy, Educational Technology
Cifuentes, Laurent; Mercer, Rene; Alverez, Omar; Bettati, Riccardo – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
We report on the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of a case-based instructional environment designed for learning network engineering skills for cybersecurity. We describe the societal problem addressed, the theory-based solution, and the preliminary testing and evaluation of that solution. We identify an architecture for…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Problem Solving, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Instructional Design
