Karol Picado-Arce, Omar Dengo Foundation (Costa Rica)
Stefani Matarrita-Muñoz, Omar Dengo Foundation (Costa Rica)
Keywords
Learning, computational thinking, assessment, elementary education, informatics, programming
Abstract
This study provides evidence about factors that facilitate the development of computational thinking (CT) in Costa Rican elementary school students, including the description of the contribution of the LIE++ proposal that addresses CT knowledge and practices through programming and physical computing projects. A quasi-experimental design was used to compare a group of students from the LIE++ educational proposal with a group of students from another proposal called LIE-Guides, which emphasizes learning with digital technologies. The study sample comprised 14,795 voluntary students, who answered an online test that was constructed and validated to estimate the scores achieved in CT. The results showed that the students participating in the LIE++ proposal obtained better scores compared to the LIE-Guides group. A multilevel regression model demonstrated that students’ personal and social variables, as well as the proposal’s execution scheme, positively affected student learning in CT. This research is a first approach to the subject in this context. It refers to the importance of providing educational opportunities that focus on more advanced computing knowledge and skills, as well as the relevance of continuing to develop tools and methodologies that help generate evidence about CT in education in order to improve educational interventions.
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Received: 03-11-2020
Revised: 15-12-2020
Accepted: 15-02-2021
OnlineFirst: 15-04-2021
Publication date: 01-07-2021
Article revision time: 42 days | Average time revision issue 68: 37 days
Article acceptance time: 104 days | Average time of acceptance issue 68: 78 days
Preprint editing time: 195 days | Average editing time preprint issue 68: 169 days
Article editing time: 240 days | Average editing time issue 68: 214 days
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Picado-Arce, K., Matarrita-Muñoz, S., Núñez-Sosa, O., & Zúñiga-Céspedes, M. (2021). Drivers for the development of computational thinking in Costa Rican students. [Facilitadores del desarrollo del pensamiento computacional en estudiantes costarricenses]. Comunicar, 68, 85-96. https://doi.org/10.3916/C68-2021-07