A test development study to measure computational thinking skills of 2nd grade primary school students
| dc.contributor | Graduate Program in Educational Technology. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Umutlu, Duygu. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Arıkan, Serkan. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Öztürk Söylemez, Sena. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-14T14:21:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-04-14T14:21:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study aimed to develop an assessment tool for measuring computational thinking (CT) skills of 2nd grade Turkish students and to investigate its factor structure. The test was based on the three cognitive dimensions of CT, namely algorithmic thinking, pattern recognition, and debugging, which were measured using content dimensions of CT (sequencing, loops, and conditionals). A 30-item item pool was created and subjected to expert and student reviews before being piloted twice. The first pilot test was implemented with 291 students and consisted of 24 items. The second pilot test consisted of 18 items and was implemented with 377 participants. The final test included 13 items that were identified only with their cognitive dimensions, eliminating the content dimensions. It was implemented with 210 students from 10 different schools. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the proposed three- factor structure did not fit the data. And exploratory factor analysis revealed a two-factor structure based on CT concepts and CT practices of the CT Framework (Brennan & Resnick, 2012). The study concluded that a more effective assessment of CT skills for 2nd grade students may involve focusing on the twofactor structure and differentiating items based on the CT concepts and CT practices from Brennan and Resnick’s CT Framework (2012). The findings suggest that participants' lack of explicit instruction in CT at their schools and the utilization of Scratch visuals and block-code-based structure may have contributed to the structure's deviation from the proposed three-factor model. | |
| dc.format.pages | xi, 133 leaves | |
| dc.identifier.other | Graduate Program in Educational Technology. FLED 2023 A83 (Thes CE 2023 E73 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://digitalarchive.library.bogazici.edu.tr/handle/123456789/21665 | |
| dc.publisher | Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2022. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Computer adaptive testing. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Educational technology. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Educational tests and measurements. | |
| dc.title | A test development study to measure computational thinking skills of 2nd grade primary school students |
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