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The effect of an unplugged coding course on primary school students' improvement in their computational thinking skills
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abstract background today computational thinking ct considered form literacy taken place ict curriculum many countries k12 level therefore need evidence regards theoretical practical understanding ct skills development k12 students objectives purpose study investigate effect unplugged coding course primary school students development ct skills differences ct skills terms sociodemographics gender computer ownership daily computer use home internet access relationship ct 21st century skills methods research based quasiexperimental design onegroup pretestposttest followup ct skills 212 third fourth grade students public primary school turkey measured ct skills test ten weeks following attended unplugged coding course results conclusions results study showed unplugged coding course statistically significantly improved participants ct skills specifically algorithmic design abstraction evaluation decomposition generalization moreover findings indicated primary school students ct skills associated sociodemographics addition students ct skills found positively statistically significantly correlated collaboration communication skills implications study contributes understanding effects unplugged activities development primary school students ct skills beneficial teaching practices ct skills primary education