@inproceedings{6c2e8be86e1c4e2d90d6c45852e37923,
title = "Exploring the role of algorithm in elementary school students{\textquoteright} computational thinking skills from a robotic game",
abstract = "This study explored the role of elementary school students{\textquoteright} computational thinking skills and how they were related to the performance in a self-designed robotic game <STEM Port>. This game required the operation of robots on the large world map in which the players carried out competitive tasks with block coding. Five computational thinking dimensions in terms of problem-solving skills were examined which includes Algorithm, Evaluation, Decomposition, Abstraction, and Generalization. Among total of 99 six-graders, there were 66 and 33 students with high and low algorithm skill respectively. The regression results showed that students with high algorithm skill could have overall better performance in the game than those with lower algorithm skill, especially in decomposition and generalization dimensions in the four rounds of the game. It was also found that the high algorithm students{\textquoteright} performances in the beginning and end round were predicted by their perceptions of computational thinking skills, however, none of low algorithm students{\textquoteright} perceptions of computational thinking skills were associated with their performances. It implied the importance of CT education to the students which would lead them to have better performance in the complex problem-solving situations such as the fast advancing world lies before them.",
keywords = "Algorithm skill, Computational thinking, Game-based learning, Robotic game",
author = "Huang, {Hsin Yin} and Huang, {Shu Hsien} and Shih, {Ju Ling} and Tsai, {Meng Jung} and Liang, {Jyh Chong}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, The Education University of Hong Kong. All rights reserved.; 3rd International Conference on Computational Thinking Education, CTE 2019 ; Conference date: 13-06-2019 Through 15-06-2019",
year = "2019",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789887703464",
series = "Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Thinking Education",
publisher = "The Education University of Hong Kong",
pages = "217--222",
editor = "Siu-cheung KONG and Kuen-fung SIN and Diana ANDONE and Gautam BISWAS and HOPPE, {Heinz Ulrich} and Ting-chia HSU and Ronghuai-Huai HUANG and Bor-chen KUO and LI, {Kwok-yiu Robert} and Chee-kit LOOI and Marcelo MILRAD and Josh SHELDON and Ju-ling SHIH and Ki-sang SONG and Jan VAHRENHOLD",
booktitle = "Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Thinking Education, CTE 2019",
}