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Avcu, Yunus Emre; Er, Kemal Oguz – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2020
The study aimed to present suggestions for how a design thinking (DT) approach can be applied in the processes of teaching programming to gifted students and to reveal its effects on the teaching process. The case study method was used. 5 different DT tasks were defined to create solutions for an unstructured problem by using programming tools and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Design, Thinking Skills, Programming
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Coxon, Steve V. – Gifted Child Today, 2012
Spatial and creative abilities are important for innovations in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, but talents are rarely developed from these abilities by schools, including among gifted children and adolescents who have a high potential to become STEM innovators. This article provides an overview of each ability and makes…
Descriptors: Gifted, State Standards, Creativity, Programming
Siegle, Del – Gifted Child Today, 2009
Although most computer users will never need to write a computer program, many students enjoy the challenge of creating one. Computer programming enhances students' problem solving by forcing students to break a problem into its component pieces and reassemble it in a generic format that can be understood by a nonsentient entity. It promotes…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Programming, Educational Technology, Problem Solving