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Investigation of the Effect of Block-Based Applications on Computational Thinking Skills
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Aysegul Yilmaz; Devkan Kaleci – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2024
The research aims to explore the acquisition of Computational Thinking (CT) sub-skills among 5th and 6th grade secondary school students in Turkey through a block-based programming application, code.org. It seeks to understand if mastering these skills is essential for students globally. This study involved seven volunteer students selected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computation, Thinking Skills, Mastery Learning
Supporting Skill Integration in an Intelligent Tutoring System for Code Tracing
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Huang, Yun; Brusilovsky, Peter; Guerra, Julio; Koedinger, Kenneth; Schunn, Christian – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Background: Skill integration is vital in students' mastery development and is especially prominent in developing code tracing skills which are foundational to programming, an increasingly important area in the current STEM education. However, instructional design to support skill integration in learning technologies has been limited. Objectives:…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Coding, Programming, Skill Development
Teaching Series and Parallel Connections
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Skromme, B. J.; Wong, M. L.; Redshaw, C. J.; O'Donnell, M. A. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2022
Contribution: A new operational definition of series connections is given based on elements belonging to the same two meshes, which is properly dual to the usual definition of parallel elements being connected to the same two nodes. Furthermore, computer-based exercises have been developed and tested to teach students about such connections in…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Electronic Equipment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Coding
If You Can Program You Can Write: Learning Introductory Programming across Literacy Levels
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Hassenfeld, Ziva R.; Govind, Madhu; de Ruiter, Laura E.; Bers, Marina Umaschi – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2020
Aim/Purpose: This paper presents findings on a curricular intervention aimed at integrating computer programming with reading and writing in early elementary school. The purpose of this research was to explore the relation between students' varying literacy levels and their level of success in mastering an introductory programming language.…
Descriptors: Programming, Teaching Methods, Introductory Courses, Scores
Apprenticing for Creativity in the Improvisation Lesson: A Qualitative Enquiry
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de Bruin, Leon R. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
Effective teacher-student learning relationships can propel students to advanced ways of knowing and acting. In much arts based higher education learning, dynamic and fluid interplay of cognitive, meta-cognitive and aspirational aims and goals are prevalent and passed to students in a learning relationship that can be described as a cognitive…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Creativity, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking
When Mastery Goals Meet Mastery Learning: Administrator, Teacher, and Student Perceptions
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Emery, Alyssa; Sanders, Megan; Anderman, Lynley H.; Yu, Shirley L. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2018
Few studies have examined the impact of mastery learning on mastery goal structures or even on students' motivation more generally. In this study, we examined one middle school that implemented a schoolwide mastery learning system, conducting interviews with a sample of administrators (n = 3), teachers (n = 4), and students (n = 9) to determine…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Goal Orientation, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes