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Article: Exploring age and gender differences of computational thinkers in primary school: A developmental perspective
Title | Exploring age and gender differences of computational thinkers in primary school: A developmental perspective |
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Issue Date | 2021 |
Citation | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021 How to Cite? |
Abstract | ver the past decade, the call to foster computational thinking (CT) in every child has received considerable attention. However, there is little understanding of whether children are developmentally ready to think computationally and what specific CT concepts and skills can be developed at various ages. This study explored the developmental and gender differences in CT skills of 197 Grade 4–6 students (aged 9–13) before being exposed to instruction and investigated the age–gender interaction effects on their CT acquisition in an intervention combining both programming and non-programming (unplugged) activities. Results show that students' CT skills followed a developmental progression before instruction. Gender difference across ages was insignificant in conditionals, logical operators, pattern recognition and generalization skills. Additionally, students of different ages developed CT differently during the intervention, and their CT acquisition was unaffected by gender. Implications for practice and research in CT education were discussed. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/308397 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | JIANG, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, KWG | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-01T07:52:47Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-01T07:52:47Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/308397 | - |
dc.description.abstract | ver the past decade, the call to foster computational thinking (CT) in every child has received considerable attention. However, there is little understanding of whether children are developmentally ready to think computationally and what specific CT concepts and skills can be developed at various ages. This study explored the developmental and gender differences in CT skills of 197 Grade 4–6 students (aged 9–13) before being exposed to instruction and investigated the age–gender interaction effects on their CT acquisition in an intervention combining both programming and non-programming (unplugged) activities. Results show that students' CT skills followed a developmental progression before instruction. Gender difference across ages was insignificant in conditionals, logical operators, pattern recognition and generalization skills. Additionally, students of different ages developed CT differently during the intervention, and their CT acquisition was unaffected by gender. Implications for practice and research in CT education were discussed. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning | - |
dc.title | Exploring age and gender differences of computational thinkers in primary school: A developmental perspective | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, KWG: wongkwg@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, KWG=rp02193 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jcal.12591 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85112462785 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 330515 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000685674500001 | - |