21st-century skills are key words which have been most searched in recent past. Yet, there
seems to be amiss on how teachers should be prepared to teach 21st-century skills. Limited …

Recent studies suggest that computational thinking, composed of the skills of abstraction,
decomposition, algorithmization, debugging, and problem-solving, is the fundamental skill …

Block-based visual programming tools, such as Scratch, Alice, and MIT App Inventor,
provide an intuitive and easy-to-use editing interface through which to promote …

ABSTRACT Research Findings: This study aims to validate a scale highlighting the
applicability of selected TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) domains …

This paper presents a systematic literature review of professional development programs in
computational thinking (CT). CT has emerged as an essential set of skills that everyone …

Programming skills have gained increasing attention in recent years because digital
technologies have become an indispensable part of life. However, little is known about the …

To improve the quality of entrepreneurship education, this study explored factors linked to
teachers' competencies in entrepreneurship education in China. A regression analysis …

This study investigated the effects of pre-training types on cognitive load, self-efficacy, and
problem-solving in computer programming. Pre-training was provided to help learners …

SCRATCH, developed by the Media Lab at MIT, is a kid-friendly visual programming
language, designed to introduce programming to children and teens in a “more thinkable …

Background Studies on the effectiveness of block‐based environments continue to produce
inconsistent results. A strong reason for this is that most studies compare environments that …