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Impact of Integrating Computational Thinking in STEM Education on Students' Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills: A Meta-Analysis
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Hanzhu Yang; Linlin Hu; Hao Wang; Yunfei Xin – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: Computational thinking (CT) is a cognitive approach intricately linked with core competencies in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Numerous studies have explored strategies to effectively integrate CT into STEM education and systematically evaluated the multidimensional impact on student learning outcomes.…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Computation, Thinking Skills, STEM Education
Promoting Children's Computational Thinking: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Web-Mediated Parent Education
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Li, Wanyi; Yang, Weipeng – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Background: Computational thinking (CT) has become a crucial skill for individuals in the 21st century, and while more educators are starting to recognize the importance of CT education, there is still a lack of research on how to teach young children CT, particularly outside of traditional school settings. Objectives: To fill the gap in…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Program Effectiveness, Parent Education
Gender-Based Learning and Behavioural Differences in an Educational Social Media Platform
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Emily Theophilou; Davinia Hernández-Leo; Vicenç Gómez – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background: Gender differences in the use of educational environments and social media platforms have been a topic of interest in research. Several studies have examined the disparities between female and male participants in terms of participation, engagement, and motivations in either educational or social media platforms. On this end, this…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Social Media, Learner Engagement, Foreign Countries
Playing with Emotions: Evaluating a Serious Game to Promote Parents' Emotional Competencies within the Family Context
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Maria Priego-Ojeda; Gemma Filella-Guiu; Núria Pérez-Escoda – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: Video games can be innovative, educational and therapeutic tools that have demonstrated positive outcomes in enhancing emotional skills. Many of these programmes have shown benefits in improving children and adolescents' emotional competencies, but there is a lack of research evidence on programmes that aim to intervene within the…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Parent Education, Parent Attitudes, Emotional Experience
Which Way of Design Programming Activities Is More Effective to Promote K-12 Students' Computational Thinking Skills? A Meta-Analysis
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Sun, Lihui; Hu, Linlin; Zhou, Danhua – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021
Promoting the cultivation of computational thinking (CT) skills in programming activities has become a key issue in the K-12 curriculum, however, there is no unified conclusion on how to design programming activities to promote the acquisition of CT skills more effectively. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of using…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Programming, Computation, Thinking Skills
Complex Cognitive Skill Retention: The Roles of General Mental Ability and Refresher Interventions in a Simulated Vocational Setting
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Frank, Barbara; Kluge, Annette – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2018
In organizations, the assessment of mental abilities is a common way to predict learning success. This paper analyses the effect of general mental ability on skill retention and examines the relationship between refresher interventions and general mental ability in terms of skill retention. Two hundred sixty-six adult participants were trained to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Intervention, Simulated Environment, Retention (Psychology)