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Cui-Yu Wang; Bao-Lian Gao; Shu-Jie Chen – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
How to develop students' computational thinking (CT) is an important topic faced by academics and front-line teachers. However, the solution of programming problems requires paying attention to every detail of the problem and building a solution to the problem step by step, and for beginners, they often get stuck when one of these aspects goes…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Elementary School Students, Metacognition
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Peidi Gu; Jiaming Wu; Zui Cheng; Yu Xia; Miaoting Cheng; Yan Dong – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Teaching computational thinking skills to novice college students via programming poses considerable challenges. It involves learning programming language syntax and commands, along with fostering higher-order skills crucial for both computational thinking proficiency and future careers. To address this, we proposed a pedagogical approach…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Jun Peng; Meng Sun; Bei Yuan; Cher Ping Lim; Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer; Minhong Wang – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Project-based learning (PjBL) has been increasingly promoted and extended to online environments to enhance the quality of higher education. However, PjBL involves complex processes requiring higher-order thinking skills, which may pose challenges to many students especially in online settings with little prompt support from teachers. The problem…
Descriptors: College Students, Thinking Skills, Cognitive Processes, Active Learning
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Fadip Audu Nannim; Nnenna Ekpereka Ibezim; Basil C. E. Oguguo; Emmanuel Chinweike Nwangwu – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study investigated the effect of project-based Arduino robot application on students' computational thinking skills development in robotics programming course using the quasi-experimental research design. The participants consist of 73 students in tertiary institutions in South-East Nigeria that offer Computer and Robotics Education…
Descriptors: Robotics, Computation, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
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Li, Xiaoxia; Zhu, Wanxia – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Based on the existing 3P model, this paper constructed a new 3P model under the blended-project-based learning (BPBL) environment, used the course teaching data to verify this model, and revealed the potential factors that affect the learning process and learning outcomes. The results showed that the presage variables of academic motivation and…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Skill Development, Blended Learning, Active Learning
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Svetlana Rzanova; Elena Yushchik; Svetlana Markova; Albina Sergeeva – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The globalization of contemporary education is ensured by the incorporation of cutting-edge pedagogical techniques and active learning technologies, such as case-method technology, into the teaching and learning process as a whole. The primary objective of this research endeavour was to assess the efficacy of the case method when employed in the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Engineering Education
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Wuwen Zhang; Yurong Guan; Zhihua Hu – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
In the context of our rapidly digitizing society, computational thinking stands out as an essential attribute for cultivating aptitude and expertise. Through the prism of computational thinking, learners are more adeptly positioned to dissect and navigate real-world challenges, poising them effectively to meet the exigencies of future societal…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Computation, Thinking Skills
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Solodikhina, ?nna; Solodikhina, ?aria – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Engineering education must be changed following the change in the labor market. The cult of innovation has led to a demand for innovators who have both the mindset of an inventor who can see a problem and find a way to solve it, and the mindset of an entrepreneur who is ready to bring that solution to life. Thus, teaching a techno-innovator…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Thinking Skills, Innovation, Skill Development
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Kang, Younah; Lee, Keeheon – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
While Computational thinking (CT) has been adopted in various educational settings, it has not been fully utilized in entrepreneurship education. In particular, technology entrepreneurship education involves project-based learning for creating business value. To help students improve learning outcomes, we propose a new framework of…
Descriptors: Technology, Entrepreneurship, Computation, Thinking Skills
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Jiangyue Liu; Jing Ma; Siran Li – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
This study developed a school-based AI curriculum suitable for senior high school students, with the primary objective of enhancing their mastery of knowledge and proficiency in AI, as well as their computational thinking abilities. The curriculum was designed with an awareness of the practical challenges encountered by the subject school in their…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Curriculum Design, Computation