A conceptual framework for teaching computational thinking in personalized OERs

Abstract

Interests towards teaching programming skills have risen recently in the realm of computing education. Learning how to program not only enables learners to develop computing applications, but it can also enhance learners' computational thinking (CT) practice. CT refers to learners' ability to approach ill-structured tasks systematically based on algorithmic thinking in computing. Along with growing academic interests towards CT in recent studies, researchers have emphasized the role of teaching programming in facilitating learners' problem-solving skills. Emerging OERs have expanded learners' opportunities to engage in hands-on programming exercises; yet a challenge still remains as to how learners' programming exercises can be tailored to accommodate individual differences in terms of learners' digital literacy skills. There is still a lack of in-depth discussions on how to support learners' personalized learning experiences during programming exercises associated with CT. This study hence proposes a conceptual framework that seeks to consider how to promotelearners' personalized learning experiences and enhance their CT skills in OERs. Through extensive reviewing of literature, this study provides several implications for further research.

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“…However, the view that defines computational thinking and problem solving as two different variables is confirmed by various researches and they examine their research questions on this basis. Indicatively, we refer to the research of Wong & Cheung [ 35 ] and Moon et al [ 36 ], which support the positive effects that programming activities have on the improvement of computational thinking and study whether these activities can also benefit the development of other, general skills, including the problem-solving.…”

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“…En general, el pensamiento computacional está relacionado con la capacidad para resolver problemas genuinos y complejos (Moon et al, 2020). Es decir, se puede entender como el propósito fundamental y no como un elemento de este.…”

“…Es uno de los procesos más importantes y de alto nivel, se emplea para la identificación de patrones, propiedades comunes y relevantes, y procesos de generalización; el diseño de algoritmos eficientes implica diseñar tipos de datos abstractos (Wing, 2011;Balladares, Avilés, & Pérez, 2016;Özgür, 2020;Moon et al, 2020).…”

“…Implica realizar representaciones simbólicas (codificación) y luego códigos de programación para simular algoritmos automatizados (Moon et al, 2020;Özgür, 2020;Threekunprapa & Yasri, 2020).…”

“…Razonamientos lógicos para abordar un problema. Es un proceso clave en el pensamiento computacional y requisito para el desarrollo de procesos informáticos más avanzados (Balladares, Avilés, & Pérez, 2016;Moon et al, 2020Moon et al, , Özgür, 2020Threekunprapa & Yasri, 2020).…”