Gender equity and motivational readiness for computational thinking in early childhood

A Master, D Tang, D Forsythe, TM Alexander… - Early Childhood …, 2023 - Elsevier
Learning coding during early childhood is an effective way for children to practice
computational thinking. Aspects of children's motivation can increase the likelihood that …

[PDF][PDF] Comparing Boys' and Girls' Attitudes Toward Computer Science

D Scott, A Zou, SR Jacob, D Richardson… - Journal of computer …, 2023 - par.nsf.gov
Women are severely underrepresented in computer science (CS) degrees and careers.
While student interest is a key predictor of success, little is known about how elementary …

Enhancing rural students' computer science self-efficacy in a robotics-based language arts course

H Tang, Y Qian, S Porter-Voss - Education and Information Technologies, 2024 - Springer
Integrating computer science (CS) content into existing STEM curricula emerges as a viable
solution to broadening rural students' participation in CS, but rural students have a …

Empowering Latine elementary school students with disabilities: computer programming through culturally sustaining curriculum

C Baek, D Saito-Stehberger, A Nam… - Computer Science …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background and Context The study was conducted in a special education
classroom in an elementary school with multilingual Latine students, utilizing a computer …

Integrating unplugged computational thinking across curricula: A qualitative study of students' and teachers' perspectives

E Vazquez-Uscanga, M Nussbaum, I Naranjo - International Journal of …, 2025 - e-iji.net
Integrating computational thinking into the K-12 curriculum presents challenges due to the
lack of a standardized approach. This study examines the use of" unplugged" computational …

“These two worlds are antithetical”: epistemic tensions in integrating computational thinking in K12 humanities and arts

R Santo, AD Hu, D Phelps, S Caskurlu… - Computer Science …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background While advocates for integrating Computational Thinking (CT) into existing K12
classrooms have acknowledged and aimed to address various barriers to implementation …

[PDF][PDF] Asset-based Approaches to Multilingual Students' Computer Science Identity Development

SR Jacob, M Warschauer - Journal of computer science …, 2023 - researchgate.net
While computer science identity development has been examined in several studies, there
is much to learn about the development of multilingual students' computer science (CS) …

Elementary Computing for All: A Computational Thinking Curriculum for Multilingual Students

S Jacob, M Warschauer - The CATESOL Journal, 2024 - escholarship.org
Over the last decade, there has been an explosion of national interest in computer science
(CS) education. In response to this, several organizations and initiatives have emerged in …

Integrating Computational Thinking into Computer-Assisted Language Learning: From Theoretical Foundations to Design-Based Learning Applications

A Duran - … Thinking Through Design-Based Learning: Strategies …, 2025 - Springer
This chapter provides an overview of the transformative potential of integrating
computational thinking (CT) with computer-assisted language learning (CALL) within the …

CT Integration by Design-Based Learning Perspective—Implementation Example of Foreign Language Training

A Duran - … Thinking Through Design-Based Learning: Strategies …, 2025 - Springer
This chapter investigates how to apply design-based learning (DBL) to the integration of
computational thinking (CT) into language learning. In this sense, the main premise of this …