A Study on Path Analysis Between Elementary School Students' Computational Thinking Components

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-146
Author(s):  
Jaeho Lee ◽  
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Junhyung Jang
Author(s):  
Woojong Moon, Et. al.

Software education has emerged as a hot topic around the world, with the goal to raise interests on computational thinking. However, assessments on the computational thinking have not been actively conducted thus far. According to a study by Lee (2019), which analyzed 138 papers on computational thinking published in Korean journals from 2015 to 2018, software education has been introduced and studies on computational thinking are being conducted, but studies on teaching methods that2 improve computational thinking are needed. In this study, we developed and applied a primary educational programming language(EPL) program focused on execution time analysis aimed at improving computational thinking. By using the “Bebras Challenge” as an assessment tool and SPSS as a statistical tool, educational effects were analyzed through the results of pre- and post-computational thinking assessments. The analysis outcomes showed that the EPL education focused on execution time analysis was effective in improving the computational thinking of elementary school students. Putting execution time analysis EPL into primary software education as an educational topic will be effective in improving computational thinking.


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2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-35
Author(s):  
Yuka Kazahaya

In Japan there is an effort to add programming and English language to the curriculum at an earlier age so children develop an easy familiarity with both. Most programming languages use scripts based on English which presents an additional problem in teaching programming in countries where English is not the first language. Associate Professor Yuka Kazahaya, based at Okayama Prefectural University, is developing and promoting different methods of teaching both programming and English language in Japan.


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