ERIC Number: EJ969338
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0735-6331
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The Impact of Critical Thinking and Logico-Mathematical Intelligence on Algorithmic Design Skills
Korkmaz, Ozgen
Journal of Educational Computing Research, v46 n2 p173-193 2012
The present study aims to reveal the impact of students' critical thinking and logico-mathematical intelligence levels of students on their algorithm design skills. This research was a descriptive study and carried out by survey methods. The sample consisted of 45 first-year educational faculty undergraduate students. The data was collected by using an algorithm skill test form (for this study [alpha]= 0.92) containing four open-ended algorithm questions, a scale on critical thinking disposition and levels (for this study [alpha] = 0.82), and a logico-mathematical intelligence self-perception scale ([alpha] = 0.72). It was found that students' logico-mathematical intelligence and critical thinking individually positively influence their algorithm design skills. According to a stepwise linear regression, these two predictors could respectively explain 54.7% and additionally 4.4% (59.7% in total) of the variance of algorithm design skill. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Intelligence, Measures (Individuals), Regression (Statistics), Critical Thinking, Mathematics, Student Characteristics, Design, Mathematics Skills, Multiple Intelligences, Computer Science Education, Student Surveys, Correlation, Predictor Variables, Logical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Programming, College Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory
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