ERIC Number: ED643240
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 202
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ISBN: 979-8-8027-1822-3
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Measuring General Education Community College Faculty's Beliefs on Computational Thinking Skills Correlated with Curriculum Integration Strategies in Higher Education
James Nichols
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida
Wing (2010) says computational thinking (CT) is the "new literacy of the 21st century" (p. 3), but yet computational thinking does not have a widely accepted definition making it difficult to know what are its associated skills. Understanding what these skills are is important to be able to teach this new literacy. Various populations within K-12 and universities have been researched to determine what CT skills include, however, the community college/state college faculty have not provided their voice until now. This study through the creation and distribution of a survey sought to determine which of six CT skills Florida's general education community/state college faculty believe are important along with what curriculum integration strategy is believed best for teaching each skill. Individual interviews and a focus group of general education faculty were conducted to assist in defining CT skills within the survey. The final Beliefs About Computational Thinking Skills (BACTS) survey was distributed to Florida's 28 community/state college's general education faculty with 368 participants responding. To determine the underlying structure within CT skills and curriculum integration constructs, exploratory factory analysis was used. A correlation analysis between the CT skills to the curriculum integration strategies was conducted. The results reveal all six CT skills are believed to be important with statistically significant evidence suggesting most of the CT skills can be incorporated within the disciplines with the exception of one skill taught within the computing discipline. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: General Education, Community Colleges, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Computation, Thinking Skills, Correlation, Integrated Curriculum, Higher Education, Definitions, State Colleges, Skill Development
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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