Enhancing student's computational thinking skills with student-generated questions strategy in a game-based learning platform

YP Cheng, CF Lai, YT Chen, WS Wang, YM Huang… - Computers & …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Computational thinking (CT), a way to think about solving problems, is recognized as a basic
skill for the 21st century. Although game-based learning (GBL) has been shown to improve …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of an artificial intelligence literacy course for university students with diverse study backgrounds

SC Kong, WMY Cheung, G Zhang - Computers and Education: Artificial …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
A few limited efforts have been made to promote artificial intelligence (AI) literacy for citizens.
The objective of this study was to design, implement and evaluate an AI literacy course for …

Assessing computational thinking: An overview of the field

D Weintrop, D Wise Rutstein… - Computer Science …, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
The last decade has seen rapid growth in the presence of computational thinking (CT) in
educational contexts. Those working to advance CT argue that the concepts and skills …

Effect of different mind map** approaches on primary school students' computational thinking skills during visual programming learning

L Zhao, X Liu, C Wang, YS Su - Computers & Education, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Computational thinking (CT) skills help students both understand and utilize computing in
various domains to cope with the challenges posed by the complex digital world. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing young students' computational thinking: An investigation of structured curriculum in early years primary schooling

G Falloon - Computers & Education, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In recent years, the development of computational thinking (CT) has become integral to
many school curricula worldwide. This has been associated with calls for computational …

[HTML][HTML] Computational thinking in early childhood education: The impact of programming a tangible robot on develo** debugging knowledge

A Misirli, V Komis - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The present study investigates the debugging process of 526 children in preschool (4–6
aged) when programming a tangible robot. When a child is involved in programming, it is …

Item response analysis of computational thinking practices: Test characteristics and students' learning abilities in visual programming contexts

SC Kong, YQ Wang - Computers in Human Behavior, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Computational thinking (CT) practices have gained increasing importance in primary school
education. However, there are few tools to measure primary school students' CT practices …

The interplay between mathematical and computational thinking in primary school students' mathematical problem-solving within a programming environment

Z Cui, OL Ng - Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, we explore the challenges experienced by a group of Primary 5 to 6 (age 12–
14) students as they engaged in a series of problem-solving tasks through block-based …

Examining primary students' mathematical problem-solving in a programming context: Towards computationally enhanced mathematics education

OL Ng, Z Cui - ZDM–Mathematics Education, 2021‏ - Springer
This paper reports on a design-based study within the context of a 3-day digital making (DM)
summer camp attended by a group of students (aged 11–13) in grades 5 and 6. During the …

Monitoring cognitive development through the assessment of computational thinking practices: A longitudinal intervention on primary school students

SC Kong, YQ Wang - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Computational thinking (CT) practices is a critical cognitive tool for students to overcome
challenges in this technological era. Few studies investigated CT practices from a …