Problem decomposition, artifact creation, data practices, and testing/debugging appear in all 28 reviewed CT manuscripts, while iterative refinement appears in 17¶
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q2 i? CT1 decomposing problems, CT2 creating artifacts, CT3 generating/organizing/interpreting data, and CT4 testing and debugging were each specified in all 28 reviewed manuscripts; CT5 making iterative refinements was referenced by 17 authors. → Namsoo Shin 2022
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Namsoo Shin 2022¶
Namsoo Shin, Jonathan Bowers, Steve Roderick, Cynthia McIntyre, A. Lynn Stephens, Emil Eidin, Joseph Krajcik, Daniel Damelin. (2022). A framework for supporting systems thinking and computational thinking through constructing models. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-022-09590-9
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The integrative review of 28 CT-defining manuscripts, coded by two authors independently and reconciled. The review reports problem decomposition was specified by 'All 28 manuscripts we reviewed'; for iterative refinement, 'Seventeen authors refer to this aspect'. Counts are as printed; no effect size applies.
"Problem decomposition deconstructs a problem into its constituent parts to make it computationally solvable and more manageable (Grover & Pea, 2018). All 28 manuscripts we reviewed specify this aspect (Fig. 3) in various ways as an essential characteristic of CT"
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Problem decomposition, artifact creation, data practices, and testing/debugging appear in all 28 reviewed CT manuscripts, while iterative refinement appears in 17 |
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Problem decomposition, artifact creation, data practices, and testing/debugging appear in all 28 reviewed CT manuscripts, while iterative refinement appears in 17 |
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