ERIC Number: EJ1461220
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-8211
EISSN: EISSN-1465-3435
Available Date: 2024-12-13
Examining Teachers' Classroom Practices in the Context of Computational Thinking Skills: A Q Method Study
European Journal of Education, v60 n1 e12873 2025
This study aimed to examine teachers' classroom practices in the context of computational thinking skills and to determine their views on computational thinking. In the research process, the Q method was used in which quantitative and qualitative methods were used together. The participants of the research consist of 48 primary school teachers. The socioeconomic level of the environment of the schools where they work, professional seniority and gender variables of the teachers in the participants were collected. It was determined that teachers approached computational thinking skills positively, but they did not fully use the subdimensions of computational thinking skills in their classroom practices. It was determined that abstraction, which is seen as the most important dimension of computational thinking skills in the literature, was not consciously used by teachers in their classroom practices.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques, Computation, Thinking Skills, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Socioeconomic Status, Educational Environment, Work Environment, Gender Differences, Experienced Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Educational Sciences, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey