Share Paper: An Investigation of In-Service Teachers' Perceptions and Development of Computational Thinking Skills in a Graduate Emerging Technologies Course

1. Yi Jin, Kennesaw State University, United States
2. Jason Harron, Kennesaw State University, United States

Abstract: Computational Thinking (CT) skills are competencies that combine problem-solving and computational design to create useful solutions. While CT has gained in popularity over the past 15 years, teacher education programs have been slow to introduce these skills and help in-service teachers infuse computation. The authors recognized the lack of such preparation for in-service teachers and began the efforts to design targeted learning modules on CT and creative computing. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate in-service teachers’ perceptions and development of CT skills in a graduate emerging technologies course. Quantitative data were collected from the pre and post-CT ...