Incorporating Computational Thinking Into Virtual Laboratories to Enhance Learning Motivation, Engagement, and Higher‐Order Thinking Skills.

Background: Virtual laboratories are used to supplement or even replace physical laboratories in engineering education. Although these virtual laboratories allow students to learn foundational experimental skills, they do not provide the learners with the chance to develop higher‐order thinking skil...

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Publicado en:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 1 - 18
Autores principales: Wu, Ting‐Ting, Sarwono, Edi, Huang, Yueh‐Min
Formato: clinical trial pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2025
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          Wu, Ting‐Ting
          Sarwono, Edi
          Huang, Yueh‐Min
        affil: Graduate School of Technological and Vocational Education, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan
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          Engineering Education
          Problem-Based Learning
          Students, Undergraduate Psychosocial Factors
          Computer-Assisted Instruction
          Virtual Reality
          Critical Thinking Evaluation
          Motivation Evaluation
          Educational Technology
          Outcomes of Education
          Human
          Indonesia
          Adolescence
          Clinical Trials
          Quasi-Experimental Studies
          Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design
          Comparative Studies
          Quantitative Studies
          Summated Rating Scaling
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
          Data Analysis Software
          Descriptive Statistics
          Paired T-Tests
          Analysis of Covariance
          Univariate Statistics
          Questionnaires
          Student Attitudes
          Problem Solving
          Teaching Methods
          Skill Acquisition
          Educational Measurement
          Computer Simulation
          Creativeness
          Learning Environment
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
      ab: Background: Virtual laboratories are used to supplement or even replace physical laboratories in engineering education. Although these virtual laboratories allow students to learn foundational experimental skills, they do not provide the learners with the chance to develop higher‐order thinking skills (HOTS). Computational thinking (CT) is an approach to problem‐solving. Incorporating the CT approach into virtual laboratories to enhance problem‐solving skills and critical thinking skills is still understudied. Objectives: This study investigated the effect of incorporating the CT approach into virtual laboratories on the learning motivation, engagement, and HOTS of students. Methods: A quasi‐experimental study was conducted to investigate the impact of the proposed approach. Forty‐eight undergraduate electrical engineering students participated in this study. Pre‐ and post‐test questionnaire data on learning motivation, engagement, and HOTS were collected from both an experimental group that utilised virtual laboratories and a computational thinking approach and a control group that used virtual laboratories only. Results and Conclusions: The result of the quantitative analysis revealed that incorporating the CT approach into virtual laboratories resulted in a significant difference in learning motivation, engagement, and HOTS between the experimental and control groups. These findings point out that incorporating the CT approach into virtual laboratories positively affects the learning motivation, engagement, and HOTS of learners who are enrolled in practical courses.
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