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Kao, Yvonne; Matlen, Bryan; Weintrop, David – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2022
The 1980s and 1990s saw a robust connection between computer science education and cognitive psychology as researchers worked to understand how students learn to program. More recently, academic disciplines such as science and engineering have begun drawing on cognitive psychology research and theories of learning to create instructional materials…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Cognitive Psychology, Transfer of Training, Programming
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Monjelat, Natalia; Lantz-Andersson, Annika – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the introduction of programming in teacher education and professional development, highlighting its importance for the development of so-called computational thinking. This study explored primary education teachers' participation in programming practices. By focusing on their views of creating…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Thinking Skills, Elementary School Teachers, Programming
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Maciej M. Syslo – Informatics in Education, 2024
The first books in Polish about the Pascal programming language appeared in the late 1970s, and were soon followed by a Polish translation of Niklaus Wirth's book "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs." At that time, many efforts were made to prepare teachers to teach informatics in schools, and Pascal was one of the topics taught,…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Information Science Education, Algorithms, Foreign Countries
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Attard, Lara; Busuttil, Leonard – Informatics in Education, 2020
Programming is one of the most important aspects of a Computing course. Teaching programming is a challenging task due to a number of factors, ranging from lack of student problem solving skills to different teaching methods. This paper focuses on Maltese Computing teachers' perspectives about the difficulties encountered when teaching programming…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Programming, Electronic Learning, Video Games
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Suters, Leslie; Suters, Henry; Anderson, Adam – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2021
This paper describes a 54-hour summer institute for grades 6-12 mathematics and science teachers (N = 19) with a comprehensive approach to preparing teachers to use computational thinking (CT) in their classrooms, including training in Python computer programming with Lego® Mindstorms® robotics, mathematics content sessions, and opportunities to…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Programming
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Stevens, Vance; Verschoor, Jennifer – TESL-EJ, 2017
According to Dudeney, Hockly, and Pegrum (2013) coding is a deeper skill subsumed under the four main digital literacies of language, connections, information, and (re)design. Coders or programmers are people who write the programmes behind everything we see and do on a computer. Most students spend several hours playing online games, but few know…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Critical Thinking