Skills in computational thinking of engineering students of the first school year
In this world of the digital era, in which we are living, one of the fundamental competences that students must acquire is the competence in Computational Thinking (CT). Although there is no general consensus on a formal definition, there is a general understanding of it as a set of skills and attit...
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| author | Concepción Varela Carolina Rebollar Olatz García Eugenio Bravo Javier Bilbao |
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| description | In this world of the digital era, in which we are living, one of the fundamental competences that students must acquire is the competence in Computational Thinking (CT). Although there is no general consensus on a formal definition, there is a general understanding of it as a set of skills and attitudes necessary for the resolution, with or without a computer, of problems that may arise in any area of life. Measuring and evaluating which of the CT skills students have acquired is fundamental, and for this purpose, previously validated measuring instruments must be used. In this study, a previously validated instrument is applied to know if the new students in the Engineering Degrees of the University of the Basque Country have the following skills in CT: Critical Thinking, Algorithmic Thinking, Problem Solving, Cooperativity and Creativity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-edf05e54ad6e4aadb627916bd4b910b82022-12-22T01:59:30ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402019-11-01511e02820Skills in computational thinking of engineering students of the first school yearConcepción Varela0Carolina Rebollar1Olatz García2Eugenio Bravo3Javier Bilbao4Applied Mathematics Department, University of the Basque Country, Pl. Ing. Torres Quevedo, 1, 48013, Bilbao, SpainApplied Mathematics Department, University of the Basque Country, Pl. Ing. Torres Quevedo, 1, 48013, Bilbao, SpainApplied Mathematics Department, University of the Basque Country, Pl. Ing. Torres Quevedo, 1, 48013, Bilbao, SpainApplied Mathematics Department, University of the Basque Country, Pl. Ing. Torres Quevedo, 1, 48013, Bilbao, SpainCorresponding author.; Applied Mathematics Department, University of the Basque Country, Pl. Ing. Torres Quevedo, 1, 48013, Bilbao, SpainIn this world of the digital era, in which we are living, one of the fundamental competences that students must acquire is the competence in Computational Thinking (CT). Although there is no general consensus on a formal definition, there is a general understanding of it as a set of skills and attitudes necessary for the resolution, with or without a computer, of problems that may arise in any area of life. Measuring and evaluating which of the CT skills students have acquired is fundamental, and for this purpose, previously validated measuring instruments must be used. In this study, a previously validated instrument is applied to know if the new students in the Engineering Degrees of the University of the Basque Country have the following skills in CT: Critical Thinking, Algorithmic Thinking, Problem Solving, Cooperativity and Creativity.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019364801EducationEducational developmentEvaluation in educationPedagogyTeaching research |
| spellingShingle | Concepción Varela Carolina Rebollar Olatz García Eugenio Bravo Javier Bilbao Skills in computational thinking of engineering students of the first school year Heliyon Education Educational development Evaluation in education Pedagogy Teaching research |
| title | Skills in computational thinking of engineering students of the first school year |
| title_full | Skills in computational thinking of engineering students of the first school year |
| title_fullStr | Skills in computational thinking of engineering students of the first school year |
| title_full_unstemmed | Skills in computational thinking of engineering students of the first school year |
| title_short | Skills in computational thinking of engineering students of the first school year |
| title_sort | skills in computational thinking of engineering students of the first school year |
| topic | Education Educational development Evaluation in education Pedagogy Teaching research |
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