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Abstract Thought in STEM Education: An Integrative Literature Review
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J. A. Vega Vermehren; A. Trikoili; D. Pittich – International Journal of STEM Education, 2025
Purpose: Abstract thought builds the basis for problem-solving and knowledge consolidation across the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Scientists across these fields acknowledge its significance and have approached the topic from their distinct perspectives, and yet, in STEM, there is a lack of a unified…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Thinking Skills, STEM Education, Problem Solving
A Framework for Supporting Systems Thinking and Computational Thinking through Constructing Models
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Shin, Namsoo; Bowers, Jonathan; Roderick, Steve; McIntyre, Cynthia; Stephens, A. Lynn; Eidin, Emil; Krajcik, Joseph; Damelin, Daniel – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2022
We face complex global issues such as climate change that challenge our ability as humans to manage them. Models have been used as a pivotal science and engineering tool to investigate, represent, explain, and predict phenomena or solve problems that involve multi-faceted systems across many fields. To fully explain complex phenomena or solve…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Thinking Skills, Computation, Models
Computational Thinking in Secondary Education: Where Does It Fit? A Systematic Literary Review
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Lockwood, James; Mooney, Aidan – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2018
Computational Thinking has been described as an essential skill which everyone should learn and can therefore include in their skill set. Seymour Papert (Papert, 1980) is credited as concretising Computational Thinking in 1980 but Jeanette Wing (Wing, 2006) popularised the term in 2006 and brought it to the international community's attention.…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Logical Thinking, Secondary Education
Computational Thinking in Secondary Education: Where Does It Fit? A Systematic Literary Review
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Lockwood, James; Mooney, Aidan – Online Submission, 2018
Computational Thinking has been described as an essential skill which everyone should learn and can therefore include in their skill set. Seymour Papert (Papert, 1980) is credited as concretising Computational Thinking in 1980 but Jeanette Wing (Wing, 2006) popularised the term in 2006 and brought it to the international community's attention.…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Logical Thinking, Secondary Education
Children's Understanding of Place Value: A Framework for Curriculum Development and Assessment.
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Jones, Graham A.; Thornton, Carol A. – Young Children, 1993
Reviews research concerning problems in children's understanding of place value in multidigit numbers. Discusses four elements essential to programs focusing on place value: counting, partitioning, grouping, and understanding number relationships. Proposes a framework and an educational program for nurturing and assessing children's understanding…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Computation, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development
Basic Mathematics Skills and Vocational Education. Information Series No. 199.
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Long, Thomas E. – 1980
This review and synthesis focuses on issues concerning the relationship between basic mathematics competency and vocational education. A section which outlines the problem--the lack of basic competency in computational skills in youth and adults--discusses the work of the National Assessment of Educational Progress to evaluate student performance…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Competence, Computation