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Wei Zhang; Xinyao Zeng; Lingling Song – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Computational thinking (CT) assessment is crucial for testing the effectiveness of CT skills development. However, the exploration of CT assessment in the context of text-based programming is in its initial stages. The intrinsic relationship between the core skills of text-based programming and the core elements of CT isn't analyzed in depth in…
Descriptors: Mental Computation, Programming, College Students, Evaluation
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Marcella Mandanici; Simone Spagnol – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
The purpose of this study is to look at how a music programming course affects the development of computational thinking in undergraduate music conservatory students. In addition to teaching the fundamentals of computational thinking, music programming, and logic, the course addresses the Four C's of education. The change in students' attitudes…
Descriptors: Music Education, Undergraduate Students, Programming, Computer Attitudes
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Eunsung Park; Jongpil Cheon – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2025
Debugging is essential for identifying and rectifying errors in programming, yet time constraints and students' trivialization of errors often hinder progress. This study examines differences in debugging challenges and strategies among students with varying computational thinking (CT) competencies using weekly coding journals from an online…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Programming, Computer Software, Troubleshooting
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Antonio Estevan Martinez IV – Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 2024
Many areas of mathematics naturally lend themselves to machine-based computing environments, which suggests that computational environments may serve as useful mediating tools for the teaching and learning of mathematical content. While some mathematics classes are leveraging the use of computational tools, the implementation of computer…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Programming, Undergraduate Students, Competency Based Education
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Selin Urhan; Selay Arkün Kocadere – Educational Technology & Society, 2024
This study investigated the effect of video lecture types on the performance of students in computational problem-solving practices. A total of 19 university students participated in the computational problem-solving practices that mostly required declarative knowledge, and 22 university students participated in the computational problem-solving…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Lecture Method, Problem Solving, Computation
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Diamond, Harvey – PRIMUS, 2023
This paper presents a series of basic computational problems that are mathematically and/or graphically appealing, and provides an idea of places one might go in trying to understand what is happening, integrating mathematics, computation, and graphics. The real point of this paper is to make a case, through those examples, for computation as an…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Computation, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Study
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Li, Qiang; Liu, Ze-xue; Wang, Peng; Wang, Jing-jing; Luo, Tian – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Computational thinking (CT) and design thinking (DT) are critical tools for students to improve their problem-solving abilities. CT is most commonly used in science and technology fields such as computer science and mathematics, whereas DT is more commonly used in the design field. This study evaluates the impact of art programming education on…
Descriptors: College Students, Art Education, Design, Thinking Skills
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Hansen, Nils Kristian; Hadjerrouit, Said – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2023
This paper aims at using a Use-Modify-Create approach to explore students' mathematical problem solving by means of computational thinking (CT) and programming activities. The data collection method is participant observation, in which the researcher also has the role as teacher, guiding the group activities. In our study, two groups of students…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Computation, Thinking Skills, Programming
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Hua-Xu Zhong; Jui-Hung Chang; Chin-Feng Lai; Pei-Wen Chen; Shang-Hsuan Ku; Shih-Yeh Chen – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) education is becoming an advanced learning trend in programming education. However, AI subjects can be difficult to understand because they require high programming skills and complex knowledge. This makes it challenging to determine how different departments of students are affected by them. This study draws on…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Artificial Intelligence, Programming, STEM Education
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Ruijie Zhou; Chong Xie; Xiuling He; Yangyang Li; Qiong Fan; Ying Yu; Zhonghua Yan – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024
Computational thinking (CT), an essential competency for comprehending and addressing intricate issues in the digital world, has been incorporated into curriculum planning as a goal for programming education. This study introduced flow design into programming curricula to investigate its impact on undergraduates 'CT skills during pair work. Two…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Thinking Skills, Computation, Programming
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Moon, Hyunchang; Cheon, Jongphil; Kwon, Kyungbin – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2022
To help novice learners overcome the obstacles of learning computational thinking (CT) through programming, it is vital to identify difficult CT components. This study aimed to determine the computational concepts and practices that learners may have difficulties acquiring and discuss how programming instructions should be designed to facilitate…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Computation, Thinking Skills, Programming
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Felipe Gonzalez-Pizarro; Claudia Lopez; Andrea Vasquez; Carlos Castro – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
While computational thinking arises as an essential skill worldwide, formal primary and secondary education in Latin America rarely incorporates mechanisms to develop it in their curricula. The extent to which students in the region acquire computational thinking skills remains largely unknown. To start addressing this void, this article presents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computation, Thinking Skills, College Freshmen
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Zhou, Ying; Chai, Ching Sing; Li, Xiuting; Ma, Chao; Li, Baoping; Yu, Ding; Liang, Jyh-Chong – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
Computational thinking is a way of thinking that helps people "think like a computer scientist" to solve practical problems. However, practicing computational thinking through programming is dependent on the problem solvers' metacognition. This study investigated students' metacognitive planning and problem-solving performance in…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Computation, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
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Nikolaos Pellas – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024
Educational technologists and practitioners have made substantial strides in developing affordable digital and tangible resources to support both formal and informal computer science instruction. However, there is a lack of research on practice-based assignments, such as Internet of Things (IoT) projects, that allow undergraduate students to…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Learning Motivation, Academic Persistence
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YungYu Zhuang; Yu-Hsuan Lin; Mahesh Liyanawatta; Andito Haryo Saputro; Yuniati Dwi Utami; Jen-Hang Wang – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Computer programming is essential nowadays but still challenging to learn due to its invisible thinking. Current programming environments are mostly designed for operating on computers directly to learn concrete programming, but this approach lacks the support for clarifying learners' thinking processes. On the other hand, using paper and pens…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Thinking Skills, Programming, Computer Science Education
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