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https://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/488101| Title: | Hi-act : a holistic assessment of computational thinking |
| Authors: | Sondakh Debby Erce (P87026) |
| Supervisor: | Kamisah Osman, Prof. Dr. |
| Keywords: | Computational thinking Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia |
| Issue Date: | 21-Dec-2020 |
| Description: | Computational thinking skill is particularly required in digital workplaces. This study aimed at developing a valid and reliable instrument, called the 'Hi-ACT', to assess computational thinking skills of undergraduate students in Indonesia, as well as to develop computational thinking skills profile, based on gender, majors of specialization, and university location. The Hi-ACT considers both the technical skills and attitudes applicable to computational thinking. This study employed exploratory sequential design, integrated with three stages of scale development, namely item generation, scale development, and scale evaluation. Item generation phase aimed at defining preliminary constructs and generate an item pool for the initial instrument. A qualitative approach with a literature review was conducted to identify the constructs and to write the items. Then, a three-round fuzzy Delphi study, which involved lecturers of computer science disciplines and experts from the information technology industry, was conducted to gain the consensus of opinions on the predefined constructs and items. The consensus was achieved on ten constructs, i.e. abstraction, algorithmic thinking, decomposition, debugging, evaluation, generalization, problem solving, teamwork, communication, and spiritual intelligence. The scale development phase was conducted to pilot test the initial instrument. Scale evaluation phase was performed to reexamine the actual instrument. Both scale development and scale evaluation phases' population was the fourth-year undergraduate students, from both STEM and non-STEM majors of specialization, from universities in Indonesia. The structural equation modeling with partial least squares technique was applied to examine the instrument's reliability and validity. Statistical analysis results confirm that the final Hi-ACT instrument consists of 108 valid items with high reliability. Therefore, Hi-ACT is suitable to assess computational thinking skills of undergraduate students. Findings of this study contribute to computer science education, particularly, computational thinking field,Ph.D |
| Pages: | 353 |
| Publisher: | UKM, Bangi |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Education / Fakulti Pendidikan |
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