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McCune, Jacqueline Christiane – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to understand how K-8 teachers in Nevada describe computational concepts, practices, and perspectives preparation in making them ready to teach computer science. Brennan and Resnick's computational thinking served as the theoretical framework for this study. Four research questions guided this…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Computer Science Education, Elementary School Teachers
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Rachmatullah, Arif; Wiebe, Eric N. – Science Education, 2023
Computationally intensive science (CIS)-related disciplines and careers are predicted to be among the cutting-edge fields and high-demand jobs. Such disciplines and careers demand expertise in both traditional scientific knowledge and computer science (CS)-related understanding and skills. Preparing educational systems for developing interest and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Career Choice, STEM Careers
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Amy Hutchison; Qi Si; Jamie Colwell; Erdogan Kaya; Eileen Jakeway; Brittany Miller; Kristie Gutierrez; Kelly Regan; Anna Evmenova – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: In recent years, computer science education has emerged as a necessary part of school curricula for students of all ages. With such momentum in this direction, it is essential that program designers, educators, and researchers ensure that computer science education is designed to be inclusive, effective, and engaging for all students.…
Descriptors: Coding, Instruction, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Literacy
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Günbatar, Mustafa Serkan – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2020
The purpose of this research is to examine Computational Thinking (CT) skills, Computer Programming Self-Efficacy (CPSE), and Computer Programming Attitude (CPA) of middle school students who took the Information Technologies & Software (IT&S) courses and those who did not, and make various analyses according to the relationships between…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Self Efficacy, Programming, Computer Science Education
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Erümit, Ali Kürsat – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Purpose of this study is determined effects of different teaching approaches on programming skills. Therefore, the effect of three different types of activities prepared with Scratch on 423 sixth grade students' attitudes towards computer technologies, algorithmic thinking skills and reflective thinking skills on problem solving were investigated.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Programming, Programming Languages
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Mesiti, Leigh Ann; Parkes, Alana; Paneto, Sunewan C.; Cahill, Clara – Journal of Museum Education, 2019
"Building Computational Thinkers," a three-year research study, explored how educators and designers can most effectively support the development of computational thinking capacity, and how these learning experiences could be customized to meet the needs of different learners. This research study focused on three specific exhibit design…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Thinking Skills, Middle School Students, High School Students
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Merkouris, Alexandros; Chorianopoulos, Konstantinos; Kameas, Achilles – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2017
Pedagogy has emphasized that physical representations and tangible interactive objects benefit learning especially for young students. There are many tangible hardware platforms for introducing computer programming to children, but there is limited comparative evaluation of them in the context of a formal classroom. In this work, we explore the…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Robotics, Computers
Pavlekovic, Margita, Ed.; Kolar-Begovic, Zdenka, Ed.; Kolar-Super, Ruzica, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
The universities and faculties which educate teachers of mathematics for teaching pupils/students of any age group from pre-school age to higher education carefully monitor and compare valuable results of this research, detect the areas in which the mathematical achievements of pupils should be improved at the national level and propose the ways…
Descriptors: Operations Research, Geometric Concepts, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction
Baptista Nunes, Miguel, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2014, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Lisbon, Portugal July 15-19, 2014). The e-Learning 2014 conference aims to address the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education