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Jirí Vanícek; Václav Dobiáš; Václav Šimandl – Informatics in Education, 2023
The article describes a study carried out on pupils aged 12-13 with no prior programming experience. The study examined how they learn to use loops with a fixed number of repetitions. Pupils were given a set of programming tasks to solve, without any preparatory or accompanying instruction or explanation, in a block-based visual programming…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Misconceptions, Programming, Concept Formation
Ibrahim Abdullah Alshaye; Zaidatun Tasir; Nurul Farhana Jumaat – Open Education Studies, 2023
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of online problem-based learning (PBL) tasks on problem-solving ability (PSA) and programming skills of secondary school students. A quantitative research design of a quasi-experimental research was adopted in this study. A purposive non-random sampling method was used to select two schools. Then, a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Problem Based Learning, Learning Activities, Foreign Countries
Huiyan Ye; Oi-Lam Ng; Zhihao Cui – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024
Computational thinking (CT) has received much attention in mathematics education in recent years, and researchers have begun to experiment with the integration of CT into mathematics education to promote students' CT and mathematical thinking (MT) development. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence and new theoretical perspectives on the…
Descriptors: Programming, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Skills, Mathematical Logic
Yildiz Durak, Hatice – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2020
The aim of this research is to determine the effects of Scratch and Alice tools and programming teaching practices on student engagement, reflective thinking and problem-solving skills and computational thinking (CT) comparatively. A quasi-experimental design was used in the research and patterns with pretest-posttest control group were chosen for…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Computer Science Education, Programming, Programming Languages
Damar Rais; Zhao Xuezhi – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2023
Programming languages have been used and developed in the field of education. Python programming was employed in this study. The goal of this study is to see whether there is an effect of using Pydroid in mathematics learning on students' problem-solving abilities and to see if this software satisfies or does not match the criteria for mathematics…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Problem Solving, Vocational Education, Mathematics Education
Refvik, Kim André Stavenaes; Opsal, Hilde – Computers in the Schools, 2023
Computational thinking and programming have emerged as central 21st-century skills. Several countries have embedded these skills in their school curricula. This study investigates how an optional programming course affects eighth-grade mathematical problem solving in Norway using a quasi-experimental design with pre- and post-tests. These tests…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Grade 8, Mathematics Education
Çakiroglu, Ünal; Çevik, Isak – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
In order to teach Computational Thinking (CT) skills to young students, Block-Based Programming Environments (BBPEs) are integrated into secondary school computer science (CS) education curricula. As a CT skill, abstraction is one of the prominent skills, which is difficult to enhance and measure. Researchers developed some scales for measuring…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Computer Science Education, Programming
Lai, Rina PY; Ellefson, Michelle R. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
Computational thinking (CT) is an emerging and multifaceted competence important to the computing era. However, despite the growing consensus that CT is a competence domain, its theoretical and empirical account remain scarce in the current literature. To address this issue, rigorous psychometric evaluation procedures were adopted to investigate…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Competence, Psychometrics
Merve Aydin; Ünal Çakiroglu – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: Students experience higher-order thinking skills by finding ways to solve the problem, debugging errors while applying the solution, and testing the solution in programming. However, the inability to create schemas that will characterise programming structures is one of the difficulties during this process. Objectives: This study aimed…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
Dahn, Maggie; DeLiema, David; Enyedy, Noel – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: Computer science has been making its way into K-12 education for some time now. As computer science education has moved into learning spaces, research has focused on teaching computer science skills and principles but has not sufficiently explored the emotional aspects of students' experiences. This topic warrants further study…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Coding, Programming, Student Experience
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
Qian, Yizhou – ProQuest LLC, 2018
With the expansion of computer science (CS) education, CS teachers in K-12 schools should be cognizant of student misconceptions and be prepared to help students establish accurate understanding of computer science and programming. This exploratory design-based research (DBR) study implemented a data-driven approach to identify secondary school…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Data, Decision Making, Computer Science Education
Kaufmann, Odd Tore; Stenseth, Børre – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2021
This article attempts to identify the kind of arguments that lower secondary school-level pupils use when they apply programming to solve a mathematical problem. By analyzing the data from one group of three pupils working together with Processing (Processing is a Java based tool primarily to learn programme visual effects supported and…
Descriptors: Programming, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Mathematics, Persuasive Discourse
Cederqvist, A-M. – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Designing programmed technological solutions (PTS) with programming materials has become a way to contextualise educational content related to PTS and programming. However, studies show that pupils have difficulties conceptualising central phenomena involved in the process, which affects their ability to design PTS. In order to understand these…
Descriptors: Programming, Coding, Computer System Design, Elementary School Students
Oshanova, Nurzhamal; Anuarbekova, Gulzat; Shekerbekova, Shirinkyz; Arynova, Gylnar – Australian Educational Computing, 2019
In this paper, the researchers have tried to solve one of the didactic tasks of an educational institution - the formation of a student's thinking, the development of their algorithmic style of thinking and intelligence. Since an important component of human intellectual development is precisely algorithmic thinking, learning to solve standard…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Computer Science Education, Programming Languages, Secondary School Students