A Socialized Knowledge Community on Computational Thinking: Teachers-Pay-Teachers

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Abstract

To understand teachers’ attitudes towards the current Computational Thinking-related resources in socialized knowledge communities and further explore their need in Computational Thinking (CT) education, this study collected a large amount of data from the Teachers-Pay-Teachers (TPT) portal and used text mining techniques for comprehensive analysis. This work reveals that most CT resources on TPT focused on math education in primary school. Teachers hold a relatively positive attitude towards these resources, even though some online resources might be too difficult for them to use. The resource itself, subject, and students at a specific grade level are the three main concerns when teachers seek supportive resources online.

Authors

• Fan Xu, The Ohio State University

• Deborah Hewlett, Mount Vernon Nazarene University

• Ana-Paula Correia, The Ohio State University