This article provides an introduction for the special issue of the Journal of Science Education
and Technology focused on computational thinking (CT) from a disciplinary perspective. The …

Alongside the growing interest within HCI, and arguably computing more generally, in
conducting research that has substantial societal benefits, there is a need for new ways to …

Este artículo presenta una revisión del estado del arte sobre experiencias de enseñanza de
programación dirigidas a niños y jóvenes para mejorar sus habilidades matemáticas. La …

Many novice programmers view programming tools as all-knowing, infallible authorities
about what is right and wrong about code. This misconception is particularly detrimental to …

Abstract Inspired by the Maker Movement and attempts of integrating Making into formal
education of children, we have examined how practice-oriented the research on Making and …

Making activities and environments have been shown to foster the development of
computational thinking (CT) skills for students in science, technology, engineering, and math …

Game and creation are activities which have good potential for computational thinking skills.
In this paper we present T‐Maze, an economical tangible programming tool for children …

This paper presents a tangible programming tool'T-Maze'for children aged 5 to 9. Children
could use T-Maze to create their own maze maps and complete some maze esca** tasks …

The development and assessment of computational thinking (CT) is garnering a lot of
attention and research since the last decade. However, the learning of CT is perceived as a …

Computational thinking is an essential skill for the twenty-first century. Teacher education
departments, however, do not currently have the knowledge to promote computational …