• The Mathematical Education
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• v.58 no.4
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• pp.483-505
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• 2019

Across the world, there is a movement to incorporate computational thinking(CT) into school curricula, and math is at the heart of this movement. This paper reviewed the meanings of CT based on the point of view of Jeanette Wing, and the trend of domestic and international studies that incorporated CT into the field of mathematics education was analyzed to provide implications for mathematics education and future research. Results indicated that the meaning of CT, defined by mainly computer educators, varied in their operationalization of CT. Although CT and mathematical thinking generally have common points that are oriented toward problem solving, there were differences in the way of abstraction that is central to the two thinking processes. The experimental studies on CT in the field of mathematics education focused mainly on the development of students' cognitive capacities and affective domains through programming(coding). Furthermore, the previous studies were mainly conducted on students in school, and the studies conducted in the context of higher education, including pre-service and in-service teachers, were insufficient. Implications for mathematics teacher educators and teacher education as well as the relationship between CT and mathematical thinking are discussed.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.107-116
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to develop a Python sorting algorithm training program based on execution time as an educational method for enhancing the logical thinking power of elementary students and then to verify the effect. The education program was developed based on the results of the pre-demand analysis conducted on 100 elementary school teachers. In order to verify the effectiveness of the developed educational program, I teached 25 students of the volunteer sample of the elementary school education donation program conducted at ${\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}$ University conducted 42 hours, 7 days. The results of the pre-test and post-test were analyzed using the 'Group Assessment of Logical Thinking(GALT)' developed by the Korea Educational Development Institute. The results showed that the Python sorting algorithm training centered on execution time was effective in improving the logical thinking ability of elementary school students.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.713-721
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• 2021

As the Ministry of Education has introduced AI education in earnest in the 2022 revised curriculum, there is growing sympathy for the need for data-related education along with AI education. In order to develop the competence to understand and utilize artificial intelligence properly, the understanding and utilization competence of data must be based on it. In this study, a data-driven problem solving SW education program using microbit was developed by synthesizing the results of demand analysis and previous research analysis. The data-driven problem solving education program was developed with educational elements that can be applied to elementary school students among the contents of data science. Through the program developed in this study, education that combines various topics and subjects can be linked based on real-life data. Furthermore, based on an understanding of data, it will lay the foundation for a more substantial AI education program.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.605-611
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• 2022

Under the influence of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, there is a emphasis on capacity building based on computational thinking to foster talent for future. In Korea, SW education has been mandatory since 2018. Since 2017, research has been conducted on the definition of SW education capability and the development of diagnostic tools. At this time, the diagnostic tool for middle school has been revised and supplemented once in 2018 and is used so far. In response to the request from the field to expand the information diagnostic test for middle school to elementary school and high school, it began as one of the 2019 study on the effectiveness of SW leading schools. In this study, we develop a diagnostic tool for elementary and high school based on the diagnostic tool for middle school. Expert validity verification and preliminary inspections are carried out. Preliminary examinations will analyze the reliability, discrimination, and difficulty of the questions, and look forward to seeing the potential as a testing tool in the future.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.37-48
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• 2018

The 2015 revised national curriculum includes SW courses to improve computational thinking, and a variety of physical computing tools for learning are on sale for use in education. The purpose of this study is to provide a basis for selecting physical computing tool for learning suitable for learning situations and learning purposes, and to provide a reasonable basis for judging the choice of tools in the field. Delphi survey method was used as a reference method for developing evaluation criteria through 25 expert panels. As a result, the criterion of evaluation of the learning tool composed of 40 essential and 11 selection criteria for 7 domains was presented. In addition, the evaluation results of five kinds of learning tools commercialized through the evaluation criteria of the learning tool were analyzed. The evaluation criteria for the learning tools developed through this study are expected to help teachers select rational learning tools and help learning tool developers develop learning tools.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.60-66
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• 2017

The advent of the 4th industrial revolution made the importance of software education to be emphasized, and thus, the Maker Education is attracting attention. This paper analyzes the curriculum to find contents suitable for Maker Education and proposes a workbook design using the results. The curriculum analysis data and workbook examples are expected to contribute to design elementary school curriculum for Maker Education using 3D printer. The workbook-based creative Making activities are, in addition, also expected to improve the computational thinking ability and to provide the insufficient instruction hours of SW education with an expandability.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.55-62
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• 2015

Today, living in a software-centered global community. lots of countries are putting most efforts on breeding a creative manpower well equipped with problem-solving abilities based on computational thinking. Upon this colleges and universities where most strongly related to job activities are proceeding instruction related to programming for the IT majors realizing the importance of the software education. Hereby we intend to be of a proper help for every colleges and universities students who are working on educational programming design for the first time performing a research probing the relationship with the full gamut of computational thinking based on the result acquired through a phased survey showing the amount of difficulties at their beginning stages.

• Journal of Creative Information Culture
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.31-40
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to statistically analyze the correlation between block-coding software education and the resilience of elementary school students in order to research the significance of software education. In this study, 61 fourth grade students at an elementary school in Incheon were pre-tested for resilience. A block-coding education program from a nonprofit organization called code.org was used at the learner's level. 15 periods of classes and post-test were conducted to analyze the improvement of resilience. This study finds that control and positivity out of the three parts of resilience(control, positivity, sociality) of the students who took the block-coding classes improved statistically significantly as well as the overall score did too. This suggests that software education can foster not only students' computational thinking skills, but also their resilience, the power to live their lives positively and flexibly.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.59-66
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• 2017

In the fourth industrial revolution, the government has established a policy to cultivate the creative convergent talent with software literacy in order to cultivate human resources leading the economy. Therefore, software education based on computational thinking is being adopted in liberal arts courses in universities. However it would be damaged the fundamental objectives for increasing computational thinking by a weighted stress of students to learn programming of software education. In this paper, we proposed a teaching method that can improve computing thinking through information literacy education which can be directly applied in practice as a way to reduce the burden on the programming learning of software education. Through this paper, it was found that information literacy education can improve the computing thinking as well as the computing ability by making it possible to construct enough knowledge, analysis and efficient procedures for problems.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.345-356
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• 2018

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the elementary school students' level of computational thinking ability by analyzing the domestic question and examination results of Beaver Challenge 2017. Based on the results of the 'Challenge' results of Beaver Challenge 2017, the achievement by element, gender, and grade of elementary school students II (elementary school 3.4) and group III (elementary school 5.6) Respectively. As a result of the analysis, the achievement by the evaluation factors showed difference within each group. In addition, there was no significant difference in achievement according to gender except for one area of group II. The achievement level of each grade was statistically significant in the group III. The results of this study are expected to provide implications for the level of students related to what can be evaluated in elementary school information education and contribute to the follow-up research.