Computational Thinking Self-Efficacy: A Review of the Field

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 8
  In Roundtable Session: Computer Science and Computational Thinking Self-Efficacy

Abstract

Computational thinking (CT) is growing in prominence within K-12 education. As it grows, researchers want to know more about students’ attitudes toward CT including their self-efficacy. This literature review examines how studies measure CT self-efficacy and the self-efficacy outcomes of the experiences. While studies report overall positive results from CT interventions, we observed potential pitfalls in the self-efficacy instruments selected and how those instruments were used, especially with regards to the validation of the self-efficacy measures. Given the increasing focus on CT, more work is needed to produce valid and reliable measures of CT self-efficacy to know more about students’ perceptions of their CT knowledge.

Authors

• Merijke Coenraad, University of Maryland - College Park

• Diane Jass Ketelhut, University of Maryland - College Park