Students’ Perception of the Implementation of a Regular Computational Thinking Course in a Basic Education School

• André Luís Alice Raabe UNIVALI
• Elieser Ademir de Jesus UNIVALI
• Eduardo Alves da Silva UNIVALI
• Natália Ellery Ribeiro Couto UNIVALI

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wei.2018.3522

Abstract

This paper presents the students' perception about the implementation of a regular Computational Thinking discipline in a Basic Education school. The discipline is offered from the 6th year of elementary school to the 3rd year of high school. The teaching strategies applied during the classes are presented, as well as the data collected from students' different perceptions about Computational Thinking. Most part of the students perceive the instigation of logical reasoning, creativity, working together, the importance of applying the Computational Thinking in their personal lives and in society. Other results synthesize the opinions about the difficulties of the contents and activities, the interdisciplinarity and the technological empowerment.

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