A Study Of Computational Thinking Skills And Attitudes Towards Computer Science With Middle School Students

• In Event: TIL- Computer Science Education in K-12

Short Description

Students often finish middle school without opportunities for Computer Science (CS) instruction, which prevents them from developing foundational Computational Thinking (CT) skills and positive attitudes towards Computer Science as a discipline. This mixed methods study investigated how and to what extent Code.org’s block-based programming environment (BBPE) and curriculum affects middle school students’ CT skills, as well as their attitudes towards CT and CS.
Keywords: computational thinking, computer science, attitudes, block-based programming environment, code.org

Authors

• Contributor: Lorien W Cafarella, Charleston County Schools

• Contributor: Lucas Vasconcelos, University of South Carolina