TY - GEN
T1 - Understanding and Measuring Computational Thinking
T2 - 44th International Conference on Information Systems: Rising like a Phoenix: Emerging from the Pandemic and Reshaping Human Endeavors with Digital Technologies, ICIS 2023
AU - Ji, Shenjia
AU - Xun, Yijing
AU - Lee, Matthew K.O.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2023: "Rising like a Phoenix: Emerging from the Pandemic and Reshaping Hu. All Rights Reserved.
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Computation is critical to social development for information processing in today’s digital world. Computational Thinking (CT), the underlying cognitive functioning of designing computation, has been under heated discussion. However, the conceptualization of CT and its measurements still require improvement when discussing CT as a competence for problem-solving. This study first conceptualizes CT in problem-solving context by identifying the framework of competence based on a tripartite view and applying it to clarify that CT competence consists of CT knowledge, skills, and attitudes. It then aims to develop a self-reported scale for complementing CT measurements based on the tripartite view. This work contributes to CT theories and measures through a more precise conceptual framework and an instrument developed based on it. It enriches IS studies by a new perspective that humans form their cognitive process for problem-solving under digital technologies, especially computational tools.
AB - Computation is critical to social development for information processing in today’s digital world. Computational Thinking (CT), the underlying cognitive functioning of designing computation, has been under heated discussion. However, the conceptualization of CT and its measurements still require improvement when discussing CT as a competence for problem-solving. This study first conceptualizes CT in problem-solving context by identifying the framework of competence based on a tripartite view and applying it to clarify that CT competence consists of CT knowledge, skills, and attitudes. It then aims to develop a self-reported scale for complementing CT measurements based on the tripartite view. This work contributes to CT theories and measures through a more precise conceptual framework and an instrument developed based on it. It enriches IS studies by a new perspective that humans form their cognitive process for problem-solving under digital technologies, especially computational tools.
KW - Competence
KW - Computational Thinking
KW - KSA View
KW - Measurement
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85192538750
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85192538750
T3 - International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2023: "Rising like a Phoenix: Emerging from the Pandemic and Reshaping Human Endeavors with Digital Technologies"
BT - Proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2023)
Y2 - 10 December 2023 through 13 December 2023
ER -