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Serap Çimsir; Filiz Kalelioglu; Yasemin Gülbahar – Informatics in Education, 2024
This study aims to examine the impact of interdisciplinary computational thinking (CT) skills training on primary school teachers' perceptions of CT skills. The sample of the study consisted of 30 primary school teachers in Istanbul. In this study, where quantitative and qualitative methods were used together, qualitative data were obtained from…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Computer Science Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Thinking Skills
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Ramon Mayor Martins; Christiane Gresse Von Wangenheim – Informatics in Education, 2024
Information technology (IT) is transforming the world. Therefore, exposing students to computing at an early age is important. And, although computing is being introduced into schools, students from a low socio-economic status background still do not have such an opportunity. Furthermore, existing computing programs may need to be adjusted in…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Socioeconomic Status, Social Class, Computer Literacy
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Gabriele, Lorella; Bertacchini, Francesca; Tavernise, Assunta; Vaca-Cárdenas, Leticia; Pantano, Pietro; Bilotta, Eleonora – Informatics in Education, 2019
In the last years, a growing trend in different educational contexts focused on Computational Thinking (CT) skills acquisition for both in-service teachers and students. But very low attention has been paid to pre-service teachers' education in regards to CT skills. To solve this issue, an empirical experimentation has been carried out with 141…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lesson Plans, Computation, Thinking Skills
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Vilkonis, Rytis; Bakanoviene, Tatjana; Turskiene, Sigita – Informatics in Education, 2013
The article presents results of the empirical research revealing readiness of adults to participate in the lifelong learning process using e-learning, m-learning and t-learning technologies. The research has been carried out in the framework of the international project eBig3 aiming at development a new distance learning platform blending virtual…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Lifelong Learning, Learning Processes, Electronic Learning
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Valavicius, Eugenijus; Babravicius, Kestutis – Informatics in Education, 2012
The paper analyses the results of the computer literacy survey conducted among the 11th and 12th form students in gymnasiums and secondary schools in Lithuania. The basis for the questionnaire was taken from previous surveys carried out in Vilnius Pedagogical University. The questionnaire is divided into five topics, such as computer hardware and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Literacy, Student Surveys, Grade 11
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van Diepen, Nico; Perrenet, Jacob; Zwaneveld, Bert – Informatics in Education, 2011
Informatics is currently being taught in high schools all over the world. In the Dutch curriculum, computer literacy is taught in the lower grades as a compulsory subject, Informatics is taught as an elective in the higher grades of some schools. As a follow-up to the outline of Grgurina and Tolboom (2008), the discussion about the future of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Information Science Education, Educational Practices