Skills in computational thinking of engineering students of the first school year

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04340v1
• Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2024 19:22:31 GMT
• Title: Skills in computational thinking of engineering students of the first school year
• Authors: Concepcion Varela, Carolina Rebollar, Olatz Garcia, Eugenio Bravo, Javier Bilbao
• Abstract summary: The competence in Computational Thinking (CT) is one of the fundamental competences that students must acquire. Measuring and evaluating which of the CT skills students have acquired is fundamental.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: In this world of the digital era, in which we are living, one of the fundamental competences that students must acquire is the competence in Computational Thinking (CT). Although there is no general consensus on a formal definition, there is a general understanding of it as a set of skills and attitudes necessary for the resolution, with or without a computer, of problems that may arise in any area of life. Measuring and evaluating which of the CT skills students have acquired is fundamental, and for this purpose, previously validated measuring instruments must be used. In this study, a previously validated instrument is applied to know if the new students in the Engineering Degrees of the University of the Basque Country have the following skills in CT: Critical Thinking, Algorithmic Thinking, Problem Solving, Cooperativity and Creativity.

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