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Download full textRitter, Frauke; Standl, Bernhard – Informatics in Education, 2023
We live in a digital age, not least accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is all the more important in our society that students learn and master the key competence of algorithmic thinking to understand the informatics concepts behind every digital phenomena and thus is able to actively shape the future. For this to be successful, concepts must…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Information Science Education, Computer Science Education, COVID-19
Demir-Kaymak, Zeliha; Duman, Ibrahim; Randler, Christoph; Horzum, Mehmet Baris – Informatics in Education, 2022
Problem-solving and critical thinking are associated with 21st century skills and have gained popularity as computational thinking skills in recent decades. Having such skills has become a must for all ages/grade levels. This study was conducted to examine the effects of grade level, gender, chronotype, and time on computational thinking skills.…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Individual Differences, Sleep, Time
Nijenhuis-Voogt, Jacqueline; Bayram-Jacobs, Durdane; Meijer, Paulien C.; Barendsen, Erik – Informatics in Education, 2022
Teaching algorithmic thinking enables students to use their knowledge in various contexts to reuse existing solutions to algorithmic problems. The aim of this study is to examine how students recognize which algorithmic concepts can be used in a new situation. We developed a card sorting task and investigated the ways in which secondary school…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Concept Formation, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills
Kalelioglu, Filiz; Dogan, Dilek; Gulbahar, Yasemin – Informatics in Education, 2022
This study aims to provide a deeper understanding about the Bebras tasks, which is one of the computational thinking (CT) unplugged activities, in terms of age level, task category, and CT skills. Explanatory sequential mixed method was adopted in the study in order to collect data according to the research questions. The participants of the study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computation, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
Taslibeyaz, Elif; Kursun, Engin; Karaman, Selcuk – Informatics in Education, 2020
The primary purpose of this study is to investigate CT skills development process in learning environments. It is also aimed to determine the conceptual understanding and measurement approaches in the studies. To achieve these aims, a systematic research review methodology was implemented as the research design. Empirical studies on computational…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Skill Development, Problem Solving, Programming
Kukul, Volkan; Karatas, Serçin – Informatics in Education, 2019
The aim of this study is to develop a self-efficacy measuring tool that can predict the computational thinking skill that is seen as one of the 21st century's skills. According to literature review, an item pool was established and expert opinion was consulted for the created item pool. The study group of this study consists of 319 students…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Self Efficacy, Programming
Kert, Serhat Bahadir; Kalelioglu, Filiz; Gulbahar, Yasemin – Informatics in Education, 2019
In this study, effectiveness of a computer science course at the secondary school level is investigated through a holistic approach addressing the dimensions of instructional content design, development, implementation and evaluation framed according to ADDIE instructional design model where evaluation part constituted the research process for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Holistic Approach, Computer Science Education, Secondary Education
