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Direct linkChing, Yu-Hui; Hsu, Yu-Chang; Baldwin, Sally – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the opportunities for developing computational thinking in young learners. It includes a review of empirical studies on the educational technologies used to develop computational thinking in young learners, and analyses and descriptions of a selection of commercially available technologies for…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Thinking Skills, Computation
Gretter, Sarah; Yadav, Aman – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
Developing students' 21st century skills, including creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving, has been a prevailing concern in our globalized and hyper-connected society. One of the key components for students to accomplish this is to take part in today's participatory culture, which involves becoming creators of knowledge rather than…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Information Literacy, Media Literacy
Akcaoglu, Mete – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
Design involves solving complex, ill-structured problems. Design tasks are consequently, appropriate contexts for children to exercise higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills. Although creating engaging and authentic design contexts for young children is difficult within the confines of traditional schooling, recently, game-design has…
Descriptors: Games, Instructional Design, Computer Science Education, Programming
Czerkawski, Betul C.; Lyman, Eugene W., III – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
The term computational thinking (CT) has been in academic discourse for decades, but gained new currency in 2006, when Jeanette Wing used it to describe a set of thinking skills that students in all fields may require in order to succeed. Wing's initial article and subsequent writings on CT have been broadly influential; experts in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Thinking Skills, Relevance (Education), Educational Research
