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http://dx.doi.org/10.22937/IJCSNS.2022.22.1.3

Designing an Electronic Course and Its Impact on Developing University Students' Computational Thinking Skills

Al-Zahrani, Majed bin Maili bin Mohammad (Umm Al-Qura University)

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International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security / v.22, no.1, 2022 , pp. 15-20 More about this Journal

Abstract

The study investigated the effects of differences in some electronic course designs on university students' Computational Thinking Skills (CTS). Towards this end, the researcher adopted the experimental research design of a quasi-experimental of two experimental groups. The first group was taught an e-course designed in a sequential pattern, and the other group's course was designed according to the holistic model. A CTSs test was prepared to collect the relevant data, and the data were analyzed statistically using these tests- Pearson correlation Mann Whitney and Alpha Cronbach. Results revealed statistically-significant differences at the level α=0.05 between the mean scores of the first and second experimental groups in favor of the latter in the CTS test. The findings gave ground to put forward some salient recommendations, including the need to expand computational thinking in universities' educational process. It also recommends urging faculty members to enhance e-courses in the educational process and provide technical support to students and faculty members.

Keywords

Electronic Course and Its Impact; Computational Thinking Skills;

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