Computational thinking in K–12: A review of the state of the field

S Grover, R Pea - Educational researcher, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Jeannette Wing's influential article on computational thinking 6 years ago argued for adding
this new competency to every child's analytical ability as a vital ingredient of science …

Assessing computational thinking: A systematic review of empirical studies

X Tang, Y Yin, Q Lin, R Hadad, X Zhai - Computers & Education, 2020 - Elsevier
With the increasing attention to Computational Thinking (CT) in education, there has been a
concomitant rise of needs and interest in investigating how to assess CT skills. This study …

Defining computational thinking for mathematics and science classrooms

D Weintrop, E Beheshti, M Horn, K Orton… - Journal of science …, 2016 - Springer
Science and mathematics are becoming computational endeavors. This fact is reflected in
the recently released Next Generation Science Standards and the decision to include …

Advancing students' computational thinking skills through educational robotics: A study on age and gender relevant differences

S Atmatzidou, S Demetriadis - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2016 - Elsevier
This work investigates the development of students' computational thinking (CT) skills in the
context of educational robotics (ER) learning activity. The study employs an appropriate CT …

Integrating computational thinking in STEM education: A literature review

C Wang, J Shen, J Chao - … Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2022 - Springer
Research focusing on the integration of computational thinking (CT) into science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education started to emerge. We …

A new way of teaching programming skills to K-12 students: Code. org

F Kalelioğlu - Computers in Human Behavior, 2015 - Elsevier
This study attempts to investigate the effect of teaching code. org site on reflective thinking
skills towards problem solving. More specifically, this study attempts to investigate whether …

Designing for deeper learning in a blended computer science course for middle school students

S Grover, R Pea, S Cooper - Computer science education, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The focus of this research was to create and test an introductory computer science course for
middle school. Titled “Foundations for Advancing Computational Thinking”(FACT), the …

An adaptive educational computer game: Effects on students' knowledge and learning attitude in computational thinking

D Hooshyar, L Malva, Y Yang, M Pedaste… - Computers in Human …, 2021 - Elsevier
Several studies have reported that adaptivity and personalization in educational computer
games facilitate reaching their full educational potential. However, there is little effort to …

Computational thinking: A disciplinary perspective

PJ Denning, M Tedre - Informatics in Education, 2021 - ceeol.com
Over its short disciplinary history, computing has seen a stunning number of descriptions of
the field's characteristic ways of thinking and practicing, under a large number of different …

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 …