STEM learning attitude predicts computational thinking skills among primary school students.
Computational thinking (CT) plays a vital role in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). However, whether students' learning attitude towards STEM is related to their CT skills remains unknown. Two studies were conducted to address this knowledge gap. In Study 1, we v...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 346 - 359 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2021
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