Does Teaching Programming Have an Effect on Computational Thinking Skill? A Longitudinal Study

dc.contributor.authorElçiçek, Mithat
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-24T19:18:27Z
dc.date.available2024-12-24T19:18:27Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentSiirt Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to examine the effect of teaching programming at a higher education level on computational thinking skills and its sub-dimensions. In the study, an explanatory design, one of the mixed-method research types in which quantitative and qualitative data are used together, was used. In this context, the change of the computational thinking skill variable for a single group taken from a starting point in certain time intervals was examined with a quasi-experimental method. The study was conducted with a total of 42 undergraduate students including 18 males and 24 females. Quantitative data were collected with the computational thinking skills scale developed for university students, and qualitative data were collected through semi-structured focus group interviews. The data were analyzed using the Friedman test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and descriptive content analysis techniques. In the measurements made, it was concluded that teaching programming had a significant effect on computational thinking skill and its creativity, algorithmic thinking, and problem-solving sub-dimensions, but had no significant effect on collaborative and critical thinking sub-dimensions.
dc.identifier.doi10.5961/higheredusci.936833
dc.identifier.endpage50
dc.identifier.issn2146-5959
dc.identifier.issn2146-5967
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.startpage40
dc.identifier.trdizinid1092236
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5961/higheredusci.936833
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1092236
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12604/5141
dc.identifier.volume12
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofYükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241222
dc.subjectComputational thinking skill
dc.subjectteaching programming
dc.subjectlongitudinal study
dc.titleDoes Teaching Programming Have an Effect on Computational Thinking Skill? A Longitudinal Study
dc.typeArticle

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