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Agbo, Friday Joseph; Oyelere, Solomon Sunday; Suhonen, Jarkko; Tukiainen, Markku – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
Computational thinking (CT) has become an essential skill nowadays. For young students, CT competency is required to prepare them for future jobs. This competency can facilitate students' understanding of programming knowledge which has been a challenge for many novices pursuing a computer science degree. This study focuses on designing and…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Game Based Learning, Computation, Thinking Skills
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Agbo, Friday Joseph; Oyelere, Solomon Sunday; Suhonen, Jarkko; Laine, Teemu H. – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
Understanding the principles of computational thinking (CT), e.g., problem abstraction, decomposition, and recursion, is vital for computer science (CS) students. Unfortunately, these concepts can be difficult for novice students to understand. One way students can develop CT skills is to involve them in the design of an application to teach CT.…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Game Based Learning, Computation, Thinking Skills
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Agbo, Friday Joseph; Sanusi, Ismaila Temitayo; Oyelere, Solomon Sunday; Suhonen, Jarkko – Education Sciences, 2021
This study investigated the role of virtual reality (VR) in computer science (CS) education over the last 10 years by conducting a bibliometric and content analysis of articles related to the use of VR in CS education. A total of 971 articles published in peer-reviewed journals and conferences were collected from Web of Science and Scopus…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Science Education, Educational Research, Research Methodology