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Computational Thinking Assessment Tools: A Systematic Review of the Literature (Initial Findings).

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Frances Sheridan,

Paul Stynes,

Pramod Pathak,

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UKICER '24: Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3689535.3689545

Published: 06 November 2024 Publication History

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Since Jeanette Wing’s influential 2006 article, research into developing Computational Thinking (CT) skills has surged. Despite ongoing debates about CT definitions and components, reliable and valid assessment tools are crucial for measuring CT skill impact and evaluating related interventions. This systematic literature review seeks to identify CT assessment tools suitable for undergraduate computing students, by investigating the central question "What tools are available for the assessment of CT skills?". A comprehensive search of academic databases for CT assessment publications since 2006 yielded 202 unique articles. After applying exclusion criteria, 72 relevant articles were analyzed. The selected publications were categorized by tool type, and focus, examining tool reliability and validity. This paper presents initial findings from this review.

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Barbara Kitchenham and Stuart Charters. 2007. Guidelines for performing systematic literature reviews in software engineering. Technical Report. Keele University and Durham University Joint Report.

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1. Applied computing
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UKICER '24: Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research

September 2024

87 pages

ISBN:9798400711770

DOI:10.1145/3689535

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