Conference paper 2025

Construction and Application of a Project-based Learning Mode for the Development of Computational Thinking in junior high school

2025 16th International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management and E-Learning, IC4e 2025
Conference · pp. 566-571
Abstract

The field of education in the digital era is undergoing tremendous changes, and computational thinking, as the basis for understanding and applying digital technologies, has become a key skill for learners in the 21st century. Challenges to the development of computational thinking in junior high school students include a single teaching method, teachers' overemphasis on programming language learning, a lack of systematic teaching content, and students' lack of problem-solving skills, which affect the development of computational thinking. Based on this, this study takes ninth-grade students as the research object, and adopts Quasi-experimental and Survey research methods under the guidance of constructivism theory, theory of mind and learning community theory to construct and validate a PBL teaching mode based on the cultivation of computational thinking in junior high school information technology curriculum. The results show that the PBL teaching mode for computational thinking cultivation is applied to the junior high school Mixly course to improve the computational thinking level of students. This study provides theoretical reference and practical significance for Mixly teaching oriented towards CT cultivation. © 2025 IEEE.

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Computational thinking graphical programming information technology course PBL teaching mode

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E-learning Learning systems Teaching Curricula Engineering education Education computing Students Project based learning Problem solving Digital era Digital technologies Computation theory Teaching modes Junior high schools Computational thinkings Graphical programming Information technology course Learning mode PBL teaching mode
Author Affiliations
China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan, China
School of Teacher Education, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
Funding & Acknowledgements
Education Department of Sichuan Province
This study was supported by the major commissioned project \"Research on Innovative Mechanism of Online Teaching and Research for Compulsory Education Teachers Based on ACSI\" of Sichuan Research Center for Quality Development of Compulsory Education. and General Project of Educational Reform of Sichuan Provincial Department of Education \"Research on Trinity Talent Cultivation System of Teaching, Scientific Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Educational Technology Major Empowered by AIGC\".
American Indian Graduate Center, AIGC
This study was supported by the major commissioned project \"Research on Innovative Mechanism of Online Teaching and Research for Compulsory Education Teachers Based on ACSI\" of Sichuan Research Center for Quality Development of Compulsory Education. and General Project of Educational Reform of Sichuan Provincial Department of Education \"Research on Trinity Talent Cultivation System of Teaching, Scientific Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Educational Technology Major Empowered by AIGC\".
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