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Gökçe, Semirhan; Yenmez, Arzu Aydogan – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Individuals learn to develop problem solving strategies and make connections between their mathematical ideas while programming, so they have the opportunity to improve their thinking skills. Scratch provides an environment to experience problem scenarios and encourages them to act out imagination while having fun. The purpose of the study is to…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Reflection, Problem Solving, Computation
Goldenberg, E. Paul; Carter, Cynthia J.; Mark, June; Reed, Kristen; Spencer, Deborah; Coleman, Kate – Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 2021
This article reports on an exploration of how second-graders can learn mathematics through programming. We started from the theory that a suitably designed programming language can serve children as a language for expressing and experimenting with mathematical ideas and processes in order to do mathematics and thereby, with appropriate tasks and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Elementary School Mathematics, Programming
Robertson, Judy; Gray, Stuart; Martin, Toye; Booth, Josephine – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2020
We argue that understanding the cognitive foundations of computational thinking will assist educators to improve children's learning in computing. We explain the conceptual relationship between executive functions and aspects of computational thinking. We present initial empirical data from 23 eleven year old learners which investigates the…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Computation, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Skills
Ma, Hongliang; Zhao, Mei; Wang, Huixin; Wan, Xinqi; Cavanaugh, Terence W.; Liu, Ji – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
Computational thinking (CT) is a fundamental skill and an analytical ability that children in the twenty-first century should develop. Students should begin to work with algorithmic problem-solving and computational methods in K-12. Drawing on a conceptual framework (IGGIA) that combines CT and problem-solving, this study designed and implemented…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming Languages, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
Buyukkarci, Aysegul; Taslidere, Erdal – Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
Coding education has been offered to primary school students due to certain reasons: (1) coding improves students' problem solving and creative thinking skills; and (2) it has high visual-quality and easy-to-use block-based tools. In this study, the effects of coding education on 4th grade students' self-efficacy and scratch coding achievement…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming Languages, Coding, Thinking Skills
Erümit, Ali Kürsat – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Purpose of this study is determined effects of different teaching approaches on programming skills. Therefore, the effect of three different types of activities prepared with Scratch on 423 sixth grade students' attitudes towards computer technologies, algorithmic thinking skills and reflective thinking skills on problem solving were investigated.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Programming, Programming Languages
Parsazadeh, Nadia; Cheng, Pei-Yu; Wu, Ting-Ting; Huang, Yueh-Min – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
This paper examines a method which can be used by instructors pursuing innovative methods for language teaching, which expands learners' motivation in second language learning. Computational thinking (CT) is a problem-solving skill which can motivate students' English language learning. Designing a learning activity which integrates CT into…
Descriptors: Computation, Problem Solving, Story Telling, Educational Technology
Kakavas, Panagiotis; Ugolini, Francesco C. – Research on Education and Media, 2019
This study presents a 13-year (2006-2018) systematic literature review related to the way that computational thinking (CT) has grown in elementary level education students (K-6) with the intention to: (a) present an overview of the educational context/setting where CT has been implemented, (b) identify the learning context that CT is used in…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Elementary School Students, Programming
Rodríguez-Martínez, José Antonio; González-Calero, José Antonio; Sáez-López, José Manuel – Interactive Learning Environments, 2020
The potential benefits from the introduction of programming environments such as "Scratch" for learning mathematics has reactivated research in this area. Nonetheless, there are few studies which attempt to analyse their influence at the stage of Primary Education. We present the results of a quasi-experimental piece of research with…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Grade 6, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Instruction
Sapounidis, Theodosios; Stamovlasis, Dimitrios; Demetriadis, Stavros – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2019
Contribution: Prior studies on tangible versus graphical user interfaces have reported controversial findings concerning children's preferences. This paper shows that their preference profiles in the domain of introductory programming are associated with gender and age for both interfaces. Background: The relevant literature mainly consists of…
Descriptors: Preferences, Profiles, Robotics, Introductory Courses
Zhong, Baichang; Wang, Qiyun; Chen, Jie; Li, Yi – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
Computational thinking (CT) is a fundamental skill for students, and assessment is a critical factor in education. However, there is a lack of effective approaches to CT assessment. Therefore, we designed the Three-Dimensional Integrated Assessment (TDIA) framework in this article. The TDIA has two aims: one was to integrate three dimensions…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computation, Foreign Countries, Experiments
Bandele, Samuel Oye; Adekunle, Adeyemi Suraju – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study was conducted to design, develop and test a c++ application program CAP-QUAD for solving quadratic equation in elementary school in Nigeria. The package was developed in c++ using object-oriented programming language, other computer program that were also utilized during the development process is DevC++ compiler, it was used for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Tekerek, Mehmet; Altan, Tugba – Online Submission, 2014
In this study, the effect of Scratch environment in teaching algorithm in elementary school 6th grade Information and Communication Technologies course was examined. The research method was experimental method. Control group, pretest-posttest design of experimental research method and a convenience sample consisting of 60 6th grade students were…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Elementary School Students, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
Castledine, Alanah-Rei; Chalmers, Chris – Design and Technology Education, 2011
With the current curriculum focus on correlating classroom problem solving lessons to real-world contexts, are LEGO robotics an effective problem solving tool? This present study was designed to investigate this question and to ascertain what problem solving strategies primary students engaged with when working with LEGO robotics and whether the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, Grade 6, Relevance (Education)

Walsh, Thomas E., Jr. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1994
This literature review examines the contribution of the LOGO programming language toward facilitating elementary school students' learning and in promoting problem-solving skills. Topics addressed include positive and negative effects of LOGO use; LOGO theory and development; transfer of LOGO skills; and support for structured, teacher-mediated…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Geometry