TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing computational thinking skills in informatics in secondary education
T2 - the case of South Korea
AU - Lee, Myunghwa
AU - Lee, Jeongmin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - The purpose of this study was to explore the teaching–learning process of informatics education in South Korea, where an informatics education initiative was recently announced for K-12 education. Based on this initiative, this study aimed to investigate the effect of academic self-efficacy, teacher support, and a deep approach to learning computational thinking. The participants were 84 freshman students at a lower secondary school enrolled in a regular informatics class during Spring 2018. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was employed to analyze the data. The key findings were as follows: first, academic self-efficacy and teacher support had a significant influence on a deep approach to learning. Second, academic self-efficacy and a deep approach to learning had a significant influence on computational thinking. This study suggests implications for enhancing computational thinking skills in informatics in secondary education.
AB - The purpose of this study was to explore the teaching–learning process of informatics education in South Korea, where an informatics education initiative was recently announced for K-12 education. Based on this initiative, this study aimed to investigate the effect of academic self-efficacy, teacher support, and a deep approach to learning computational thinking. The participants were 84 freshman students at a lower secondary school enrolled in a regular informatics class during Spring 2018. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was employed to analyze the data. The key findings were as follows: first, academic self-efficacy and teacher support had a significant influence on a deep approach to learning. Second, academic self-efficacy and a deep approach to learning had a significant influence on computational thinking. This study suggests implications for enhancing computational thinking skills in informatics in secondary education.
KW - 3P model
KW - Academic self-efficacy
KW - Computational thinking
KW - Deep approach to learning
KW - Informatics education
KW - Teacher support
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85112164818&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11423-021-10035-2
DO - 10.1007/s11423-021-10035-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85112164818
SN - 1042-1629
VL - 69
SP - 2869
EP - 2893
JO - Educational Technology Research and Development
JF - Educational Technology Research and Development
IS - 5
ER -