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Lorien Cafarella; Lucas Vasconcelos – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Middle school students often enter Computer Science (CS) classes without previous CS or Computational Thinking (CT) instruction. This study evaluated how Code.org's block-based programming curriculum affects middle school students' CT skills and attitudes toward CT and CS. Sixteen students participated in the study. This was a mixed methods action…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Computation, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
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Gloria Concepcion Tenorio-Sepulveda; Katherine del Pilar Muñoz-Ortiz; Maria Soledad Ramirez-Montoya – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2025
Computational thinking (CT) is an indispensable higher-order competency in our complex, digitalized era; its development in students can be an effective tool for societal problem-solving. This research aimed to use an escape room to develop students' computational thinking using challenges oriented toward Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 of…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Game Based Learning
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Chen, Yu-Chi; Chao, Chi-Yu; Hou, Huei-Tse – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
Pattern recognition is an important skill in computational thinking. In this study, an equation puzzle game was developed by combining pattern recognition with algebraic reasoning, and scaffolding was designed to support learners' learning. Sixty participants were enrolled in this study, divided into a control group and an experimental group to…
Descriptors: Pattern Recognition, Skill Development, Educational Games, Computation