Empirical studies on the Maker Movement, a promising approach to learning: A literature review

S Papavlasopoulou, MN Giannakos, L Jaccheri - Entertainment Computing, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Maker Movement has gathered much attention recently, and has been one of
the fastest-growing topics, due to contemporary technical and infrastructural developments …

Computational thinking in education: Where does it fit? A systematic literary review

J Lockwood, A Mooney - arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.07659, 2017 - arxiv.org
Computational Thinking (CT) has been described as an essential skill which everyone
should learn and can therefore include in their skill set. Seymour Papert is credited as …

Computational thinking, between Papert and Wing

M Lodi, S Martini - Science & education, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The pervasiveness of Computer Science (CS) in today's digital society and the
extensive use of computational methods in other sciences call for its introduction in the …

Computational thinking for teacher education

A Yadav, C Stephenson, H Hong - Communications of the ACM, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Computational thinking for teacher education Page 1 APRIL 2017 | VOL. 60 | NO. 4 |
COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM 55 ENTHUSIASM HAS GROWN in recent years for computer …

From theory bias to theory dialogue: embracing cognitive, situated, and critical framings of computational thinking in K-12 CS education

Y Kafai, C Proctor, D Lui - acm Inroads, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The increased interest in promoting CS education for all has been coalescing around the
idea of “computational thinking.” Several framings for promoting computational thinking in K …

Assessing learning in technology-rich maker activities: A systematic review of empirical research

Q Lin, Y Yin, X Tang, R Hadad, X Zhai - Computers & Education, 2020 - Elsevier
Maker activities are drawing increasing attention in the field of science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Researchers have developed various …

Computational thinking development through physical computing activities in STEAM education

A Juškevičienė, G Stupurienė… - Computer Applications …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of computational thinking (CT) development has increased during the last
decade. There is a need to understand what to teach from computational thinking …

The code-centric nature of computational thinking education: A review of trends and issues in computational thinking education research

V Kite, S Park, E Wiebe - Sage Open, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Computational thinking (CT) is being recognized as a critical component of student success
in the digital era. Many contend that integrating CT into core curricula is the surest method …

12 Ways to Empower: Designing for Children's Digital Autonomy

G Wang, J Zhao, M Van Kleek, N Shadbolt - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
In recent years, growing research has been made on supporting children to become more
autonomous in the digital environment around them. However, there has been little …

A model for developing computational thinking skills

T Palts, M Pedaste - Informatics in Education, 2020 - ceeol.com
Computer science concepts have an important part in other subjects and thinking
computationally is being recognized as an important skill for everyone, which leads to the …