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100			_a Xiangling Zhang, Ahmed Tlili, Junhong Guo, David Griffiths et al...
245			_a Developing rural Chinese children’s computational thinking through ­game-based learning and parental involvement (Journal Article)
260			_a USA _b: Taylor and Francis Group _c,2023
300			_a 17-32 p
440			_aThe Journal of Educational Research, _v Volume 116, 2023 - Issue 1
520			_aThe lack of teachers and equipment is a major obstacle to the implementation of Computational Thinking (CT) in education, particularly for rural schools. Although CT education has been investigated for many years, less attention has been paid to lower primary schools in rural areas. This study contributes to filling this gap by investigating the impact of three different learning approaches on the CT of grade-two primary school students in a rural area in China. Seventy-seven students were randomly assigned to three learning approaches, namely traditional lectures, Game-Based Learning (GBL) using a newly designed board game in classrooms, and GBL with parental involvement. The findings showed that both GBL approaches (i.e., with and without parents) significantly enhanced the students’ CT skills compared to the traditional approach. The findings also showed that the GBL approach with parental involvement significantly enhanced students’ attitudes toward learning CT compared with the other two approaches. ***______{For Hard Copy, Please visit Library.}________***
650			_aComputational thinking
650			_agame-based learning
650			_aparental involvement
650			_arural education
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.2023.2167798
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