International Journal of Urban Design for Ubiquitous Computing
| Volume 6, No. 2, 2018, pp 1-6 | ||
| Abstract |
Design of education program used physical computing for improving the computational thinking: applying Rubrics list
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to develop a CT training program using a Physical Computing tools so that more effective CT training can be done to improve the capacity of Computational Thinking. As SW education is designated as an essential subject for middle school, various instructional design and CT evaluation studies are actively carried out to improve CT competence. The CT education using the Physical Computing tools has proven its effectiveness in many previous researches.
Seiter and Foreman proposed a Progression of Early Computational Thinking PECT model to evaluate the CT competence of elementary school students. Brennan and Resnick have developed CT evaluation framework and have been studying their design and evaluation. Based on this, Rubrics evaluation was devised so that CT learning can be evaluated. Therefore, in order to improve CT competency, we designed Rubrics items and CT-RLPS-based training programs for Physical Computing classes.