TY - GEN
T1 - User Experience Evaluation of a Computational Thinking-Enhanced Problem-Solving Tool
T2 - 14th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2022 Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022
AU - Calderon, Juan Felipe
AU - Rojas, Luis A.
AU - Sorbello, Katrina
AU - Acero, Nibaldo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - IT-related works are highly demanded. However, this discipline does not have sufficient and accurate dissemination. In this context, it has missed the application of computational thinking abilities, such as the development of logical reasoning, algorithmic thinking, and problem-solving with creativity. A common issue is the capability of these tools to provide a design environment, where teachers and instructors can design and deploy more contextualized and curriculum-aligned activities. Problock is proposed as a tool to develop computational thinking, in the context of learning based on problem-solving. The resolution of these exercises can be carried out using the basic concepts related to computer science such as abstraction, division of a problem into sub-problems, algorithmic schematization, and programming as a tool to concretize everything in the final solution. An evaluation of the Problock was carried out with 15 high school students to measure the degree of usability. User experiences indicate positive and acceptable evaluations in terms of usefulness, ease of use, ease of learning, and satisfaction.
AB - IT-related works are highly demanded. However, this discipline does not have sufficient and accurate dissemination. In this context, it has missed the application of computational thinking abilities, such as the development of logical reasoning, algorithmic thinking, and problem-solving with creativity. A common issue is the capability of these tools to provide a design environment, where teachers and instructors can design and deploy more contextualized and curriculum-aligned activities. Problock is proposed as a tool to develop computational thinking, in the context of learning based on problem-solving. The resolution of these exercises can be carried out using the basic concepts related to computer science such as abstraction, division of a problem into sub-problems, algorithmic schematization, and programming as a tool to concretize everything in the final solution. An evaluation of the Problock was carried out with 15 high school students to measure the degree of usability. User experiences indicate positive and acceptable evaluations in terms of usefulness, ease of use, ease of learning, and satisfaction.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-05061-9_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-05061-9_2
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85132983499
SN - 9783031050602
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 13
EP - 27
BT - Social Computing and Social Media
A2 - Meiselwitz, Gabriele
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 26 June 2022 through 1 July 2022
ER -