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Computational Thinking (CT) has emerged as a critical component in modern education, essential to equip students with the skills necessary to thrive in a technology-driven world. This survey provides a comprehensive analysis of the presence…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Roberto Massi De Oliveira , M^onica Cristina Garbin , Rodolfo Azevedo

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 concretising Computational Thinking in 1980 but since Wing…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-03-28 James Lockwood , Aidan Mooney

The introduction of computing education into curricula worldwide requires multi-year assessments to evaluate the long-term impact on learning. However, no single Computational Thinking (CT) assessment spans primary school, and no group of…

With the increasing importance of Computational Thinking (CT) at all levels of education, it is essential to have valid and reliable assessments. Currently, there is a lack of such assessments in upper primary school. That is why we present…

Computational Thinking (CT) is a key skill set for students in higher education to thrive and adapt to an increasingly technology-driven future and workplace. While research on CT education has gained remarkable momentum in K12 over the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Ebrahim Rahimi , Clara Maathuis

This paper addresses the incorporation of problem decomposition skills as an important component of computational thinking (CT) in K-12 computer science (CS) education. Despite the growing integration of CS in schools, there is a lack of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-11-25 Dorit Assaf , Giorgia Adorni , Elia Lutz , Lucio Negrini , Alberto Piatti , Francesco Mondada , Francesca Mangili , Luca Maria Gambardella

Teaching programming in early childhood (4-9) to enhance computational thinking has gained popularity in the recent movement of computer science for all. However, current practices ignore some fundamental issues resulting from young…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-05-03 Changjae Lee , Jinjun Xiong

This mixed-methods study examined computational thinking (CT) development among 93 pre-high school students in a five-day AI agent creation workshop using CocoFlow, a no-code platform. Integrating pre-post assessments, behavioral logs, and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Yimeng Sun , Haiyang Xin , Qiannan Niu , Shuang Li , Lingyun Huang , Gaowei Chen

In this world of the digital era, in which we are living, one of the fundamental competences that students must acquire is the competence in Computational Thinking (CT). Although there is no general consensus on a formal definition, there…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-02-08 Concepcion Varela , Carolina Rebollar , Olatz Garcia , Eugenio Bravo , Javier Bilbao

Computational Thinking (CT) is still a relatively new term in the lexicon of learning objectives and science standards. There is not yet widespread agreement on the precise definition or implementation of CT, and efforts to assess CT are…

Physics Education · Physics 2020-04-22 Chris Orban , Richelle Teeling-Smith

Computational thinking in physics has many different forms, definitions, and implementations depending on the level of physics, or the institution it is presented in. In order to better integrate computational thinking in introductory…

Physics Education · Physics 2023-08-08 Justin Gambrell , Eric Brewe

Learning to code, and more broadly, learning about computer science is a growing field of activity and research. Under the label of computational thinking, computational concepts are increasingly used as cognitive tools in many subject…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-05-11 Hannah M. Dee , Jordi Freixenet , Xavier Cufi , Eduard Muntaner Perich , Valentina Poggioni , Marius Marian , Alfredo Milani

This work presents a structured systematic process for undergraduate capstone research projects embodying computational thinking (CT) practices. Students learn to conduct research with a decision support system utilizing CT. The system is…

Physics Education · Physics 2022-03-31 Graham Wild

Computational Thinking (CT) has been investigated from different perspectives. This research aims to investigate how secondary school girls perceive CT practices -- the problem-solving practices that students apply while they are engaged in…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-10-05 Mojtaba Shahin , Chris Gonsalvez , Jon Whittle , Chunyang Chen , Li Li , Xin Xia

One of the capabilities which 21st-century skill compulsory a person is critical thinking and problem-solving skill that becomes top positions rank. Focus on problem-solving skills can be taught to a child, especially begun in elementary…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-07-09 Andik Asmara

With the introduction of educational robotics (ER) and computational thinking (CT) in classrooms, there is a rising need for operational models that help ensure that CT skills are adequately developed. One such model is the Creative…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-07-20 Morgane Chevalier , Laila El-Hamamsy , Christian Giang , Barbara Bruno , Francesco Mondada

Technology is currently ubiquitous and is also part of the educational system at all levels. It started with communication technology systems, and later continued with digital competence. Nowadays, although these previous concepts are still…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Javier Bilbao , Eugenio Bravo , Olatz Garcia , Carolina Rebollar

Most efforts to incorporate computational thinking in K-12 education have been focused on students in their first cycles of school education and have used visual tools, such as Scratch and Alice. Fewer research projects have studied the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-10-15 Felipe González , Claudia López , Carlos Castro

Algorithmic thinking is a central concept in the context of computational thinking, and it is commonly taught by computer programming. A recent trend is to introduce basic programming concepts already very early on at primary school level.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-08-17 Nina Körber , Lisa Bailey , Luisa Greifenstein , Gordon Fraser , Barbara Sabitzer , Marina Rottenhofer

As Computational Thinking (CT) continues to permeate younger age groups in K-12 education, established CT platforms such as Scratch face challenges in catering to these younger learners, particularly those in the elementary school (ages…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-02-08 Liuqing Chen , Shuhong Xiao , Yunnong Chen , Ruoyu Wu , Yaxuan Song , Lingyun Sun
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