Computational thinking in early childhood education: Reviewing the literature and redeveloping the three-dimensional framework

Y Zeng, W Yang, A Bautista - Educational Research Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Computational thinking (CT) is gaining increasing attention from researchers and
practitioners all over the world to empower children in the digital era. However, there is no …

[HTML][HTML] Fostering computational thinking through unplugged activities: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

P Chen, D Yang, AHS Metwally, J Lavonen… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Unplugged activities as a low-cost solution to foster computational thinking (CT) skills seem
to be a trend in recent years. However, current evidence of the effectiveness of unplugged …

Unplugged versus plugged-in: Examining basic programming achievement and computational thinking of 6th-grade students

E Polat, RM Yilmaz - Education and Information Technologies, 2022 - Springer
The aim of this study is to compare the effects of unplugged and plugged-in activities on
academic achievement and computational thinking (CT) skills of sixth-grade students. Mixed …

Visualising trends in computational thinking research from 2012 to 2021: A bibliometric analysis

HE Chen, D Sun, TC Hsu, Y Yang, J Sun - Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2023 - Elsevier
Using the analytical tool CiteSpace, this review study conducted a bibliometric analysis of
the characteristics of 249 studies on Computational Thinking (CT) indexed in the Web of …

[HTML][HTML] Review on the teaching of programming and computational thinking in the world

H Belmar - Frontiers in Computer Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recent studies suggest that computational thinking, composed of the skills of abstraction,
decomposition, algorithmization, debugging, and problem-solving, is the fundamental skill …

Trends in tools used to teach computational thinking through elementary coding

PJ Rich, S Bartholomew, D Daniel… - Journal of research …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, we attempted to curate a list of tools whose primary intent is to enable and
teach children to code. From this list, we developed a framework for the classification of …

Abstraction in computer science education: An overview

C Mirolo, C Izu, V Lonati, E Scapin - Informatics in Education, 2022 - ceeol.com
When we “think like a computer scientist,” we are able to systematically solve problems in
different fields, create software applications that support various needs, and design artefacts …

[HTML][HTML] Unplugged activities in cross-curricular teaching: Effect on sixth graders' computational thinking and learning outcomes

JM Merino-Armero, JA González-Calero… - Multimodal …, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is a debate about the way to introduce computational thinking (CT) in schools.
Different proposals are on the table; these include the creation of new computational areas …

Context matters: Secondary science teachers' integration of process‐based, unplugged computational thinking into science curriculum

V Kite, S Park - Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
There is growing recognition in the education community that the problem‐solving practices
that comprise computational thinking (CT) are a fundamental component of both life and …

Preparing inservice science teachers to bring unplugged computational thinking to their students

V Kite, S Park - Teaching and Teacher Education, 2022 - Elsevier
Computational thinking (CT) is critical for Twenty-first century life. Ensuring equitable access
to CT depends on preparing teachers to integrate CT into disciplinary curricula. We report on …