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Hutchins, Nicole M.; Biswas, Gautam; Zhang, Ningyu; Snyder, Caitlin; Lédeczi, Ákos; Maróti, Miklós – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2020
Driven by our technologically advanced workplaces and the surge in demand for proficiency in the computing disciplines, it is becoming imperative to provide computational thinking (CT) opportunities to all students. One approach for making computing accessible and relevant to learning and problem-solving in K-12 environments is to integrate it…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Problem Solving, Computation, Thinking Skills
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Castledine, Alanah-Rei; Chalmers, Chris – Design and Technology Education, 2011
With the current curriculum focus on correlating classroom problem solving lessons to real-world contexts, are LEGO robotics an effective problem solving tool? This present study was designed to investigate this question and to ascertain what problem solving strategies primary students engaged with when working with LEGO robotics and whether the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, Grade 6, Relevance (Education)
Borer, Monica – 1993
This program was developed and implemented to promote higher-level thinking skills and problem-solving skills and to strengthen the understanding of mathematical concepts in second grade students through the use of the Logo programming language. The objectives for this study were that 70 percent of the target students should demonstrate the basic…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometry
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Papert, Seymour – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2005
The phrase "technology and education" usually means inventing new gadgets to teach the same old stuff in a thinly disguised version of the same old way. Moreover, if the gadgets are computers, the same old teaching becomes incredibly more expensive and biased towards its dullest parts, namely the kind of rote learning in which measurable…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Programming Languages