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Umutlu, Duygu – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2022
This qualitative case study was designed to explore pre-service teachers' computational thinking and programming skills in an educational technology course in which block-based programming was introduced in a teacher education program. 12 teacher candidates from different subject areas participated in the study. The findings show that…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Computation, Thinking Skills, Programming Languages
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Sun, Lihui; Zhou, Danhua – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Background: As one of the mainstream forms of programming education, educational robotics (ER) have been a crucial way to develop K-12 students' programming ability. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to clarify the content of programming ability, to verify the effectiveness of ER as a teaching method to improve students' programming…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Robotics, Programming
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Weng, Xiaojing; Ng, Oi-Lam; Cui, Zhihao; Leung, Suzannie – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
Creativity, one of the cornerstones of students' 21st-century skills, is regarded as an important learning outcome of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) education. Meanwhile, problem-based digital making (DM), which combines the child-friendly programming activities of DM with problem-solving elements, is an emerging…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Development, 21st Century Skills, Problem Based Learning
Jeff Bender – ProQuest LLC, 2023
At an unrivaled and enduring pace, computing has transformed the world, resulting in demand for a universal fourth foundation beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic: computational thinking (CT). Despite increasingly widespread acceptance of CT as a crucial competency for all, transforming education systems accordingly has proven complex. The…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Game Based Learning, Evaluation Methods, Computation
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Lakshminarayanan, Srinivasan; Rao, N. J. – Cogent Education, 2021
CS1 courses are designed in Indian Institutions as a lecture course of three to four credits and one credit lab course. The issues related to curriculum design, instruction design, and students' learning manifest themselves as issues in the lab programs. This situation presents the lab instructor with an opportunity to understand and address the…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Teaching Methods, Programming, Programming Languages
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Shin, Yoonhee; Song, Donggil – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
This study explores the effect of self-regulated learning support on learners' cognitive load and problem-solving performance, considering cases from well-structured to ill-structured tasks in a computer programing course. Sixty-seven undergraduate students in a computer programing fundamentals course were randomly assigned into one of two groups:…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Computer Science Education, Programming, Problem Solving
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Sbaraglia, Marco; Lodi, Michael; Martini, Simone – Informatics in Education, 2021
Introductory programming courses (CS1) are difficult for novices. Inspired by "Problem solving followed by instruction" and "Productive Failure" approaches, we define an original "necessity-driven" learning design. Students are put in an apparently well-known situation, but this time they miss an essential ingredient…
Descriptors: Programming, Introductory Courses, Computer Science Education, Programming Languages
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Feiya Luo; Pavlo Antonenko; Natercia Valle; Emily Sessa; Gordon Burleigh; Lorena Endara; Stuart McDaniel; Sarah Carey; E. Christine Davis – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2020
This design case discusses the complex collaborative design reasoning processes involved in developing an online interactive learning tool for learners of all ages to explore and understand the role of flagellate plants in our society. The learning tool consists of a main website (the "Voyager") and an interactive, dynamic map of the…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Instructional Design, Web Sites, Plants (Botany)
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Flores, Rejeenald M.; Rodrigo, Ma. Mercedes T. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2020
Wheel-spinning refers to the failure to master a skill in a timely manner or after a considerable number of practice opportunities. Several past studies have developed wheel-spinning models in the areas of Mathematics and Physics. However, no models have been made for the context of novice programming. The purpose of this study was to develop…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Novices, Programming, Computer Science Education
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Hinds, Matthew; Baghaei, Nilufar; Ragon, Pedrito; Lambert, Jonathon; Rajakaruna, Tharindu; Houghton, Travers; Dacey, Simon – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
Programming promotes critical thinking, problem solving and analytic skills through creating solutions that can solve everyday problems. However, learning programming can be a daunting experience for a lot of students. "RunJumpCode" is an educational 2D platformer video game, designed and developed in Unity, to teach players the…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Video Games, Computer Science Education, Programming
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Reis, Rosa; Marques, Bertil P. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2021
In this paper we present a model for designing professional courses in a blended learning context as a tool to help the interaction between students, teachers and learning resources. This model aims to promote new concepts, new approaches and new strategies that have been changing the paradigm of teaching and learning. To develop a course based on…
Descriptors: Programming, Instructional Design, Computer Science Education, Case Studies
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Costa, Joana Martinho; Miranda, Guilhermina Lobato – Informatics in Education, 2019
This paper presents an approach to the initial programming learning using the four components instructional model and the Alice software. The quasi-experimental design was developed with two groups of students that attended two schools with very different socioeconomic status and school retention levels. The differences obtained in the mean of the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Instructional Design, Models, Programming
Huang, Hong – Online Submission, 2016
Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a widely adopted pedagogy that ignites students' interest of a subject through the investigation of an authentic problem and cultivates their abilities of innovation and self-learning. Traditional PBL often involves a project of complexity and significant scale, which, under the time constraint of a course, is often…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education
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von Wangenheim, Christiane Gresse; Alves, Nathalia Cruz; Rodrigues, Pedro Eurico; Hauck, Jean Carlo – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2017
In order to be well-educated citizens in the 21st century, children need to learn computing in school. However, implementing computing education in schools faces several practical problems, such as a lack of computing teachers and time in an already overloaded curriculum. A solution may be a multidisciplinary approach, integrating computing…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computation, Thinking Skills, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Muller, Catherine L.; Kidd, Chris – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2014
The steep learning curve associated with computer programming can be a daunting prospect, particularly for those not well aligned with this way of logical thinking. However, programming is a skill that is becoming increasingly important. Geography graduates entering careers in atmospheric science are one example of a particularly diverse group who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Programming, Geography, Geography Instruction
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