Mastery of computational thinking skills in the students of the Sucre Superior Technological Institute of Quito – Ecuador
Abstract
Computational thinking and its skills are of interest for the educational field, as well as for the professional field, since the problem-solving ability supported by computer science becomes a necessary element for people living in the actual society. The aim of the investigation was two situations: to diagnose the level of computational thinking development in the students of the Instituto Tecnológico Superior “Sucre”, as well as to establish connections between the selected skills, such as spatial orientation, decision making, employment loops and elaboration of functions or subroutines for problem solving. For this purpose, a validated instrument was applied; it consists of 32 problems to solve in a graphic environment formed as follows: 4 questions about directions, 8 about defined and indefinite loops, 12 about conditional ones, 8 about functions and subroutines. The most important conclusions establish students’ strengths in relation to the use of management algorithms and loop jobs, similarly, difficulties in the use of conditions and use of subroutines were found. Besides, it establishes that there is a relationship between the development they have in the decision-making ability and other skills such as the use of repetition loops or the elaboration of subroutines, which is expressed in the students' difficulty in making a reasoned and logical decision at the time of solve a problem.
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