Computational Thinking Growth During a First-Year Engineering Course

Unleashing the Potential of Abstraction From Cloud of Computational Thinking: A Systematic Review of Literature

“…Wu & Su, 2021). The resulting solutions have often been depicted through new representations such as creation of models and simulations (Jaipal-Jamani & Angeli, 2017; Mendoza Diaz et al, 2020). Judging by this literature, the overarching purpose of abstraction as a decomposition process converges in the simplification (reduction of complexity) of a system.…”

K-2nd Grade Teachers’ Perceptions of Computational Thinking: Research Findings and Implications for Integrating Engineering and Computational Thinking in Elementary Education (Fundamental)

“…Moreover, research corroborates the importance of computation in the formation of engineers [11][12][13][14] since these skills are necessary for solving complex technological problems for all engineering professionals. In fact, these skills support the various student outcomes described by ABET and are fundamental for developing a competitive engineering workforce.…”

Computational Thinking in the Formation of Engineers (Year 1)

“…In 2019, upon the receipt of the current NSF award, researchers at two other institutions joined the first author in a multi-institutional collaboration to refine the 15 items on the pilot version. More items were added to enable equal representation of the five computational thinking factors at each of three levels of difficulty: low, medium, and high difficulty (Mendoza Diaz et al, 2020). Two versions of the ECTD, called A and B, were created during a phase of development called ECTD alpha (i.e., six items for each computational thinking factor), which yielded 30 items in total (Mendoza Diaz et al, 2020).…”

“…More items were added to enable equal representation of the five computational thinking factors at each of three levels of difficulty: low, medium, and high difficulty (Mendoza Diaz et al, 2020). Two versions of the ECTD, called A and B, were created during a phase of development called ECTD alpha (i.e., six items for each computational thinking factor), which yielded 30 items in total (Mendoza Diaz et al, 2020). Then, the ECTD alpha A and B versions were administered to the first-year engineering students at the large Southwestern university in fall 2019 and a total of 526 students completed the ECTD alpha A and B.…”