Computational thinking definitions. A review of the literatura

Definiciones del pensamiento computacional. Una revisión de la literatura

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Computational thinking definitions. A review of the literatura. (2024). Revista EIA, 21(42), 4207 pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.24050/reia.v21i42.1716
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Milena Corrales Álvarez
Universidad del Quindío, Colombia
Lina Marcela Ocampo
Universidad del Quindío, Colombia
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Sergio Augusto Cardona Torres
Universidad del Quindío, Colombia
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The purpose of this literature review was to perform an analysis of Computational Thinking (CT) definitions, aiming to find points of convergence among the 62 analyzed definitions. The publication year, authors, and country of origin of the first author were considered as variables to understand the behavior of the CT construct, assuming different perspectives proposed from 2006 to 2022. To achieve this purpose, five sources of information were reviewed, and 62 articles that presented a definition of CT were selected. According to the results, the years with the highest number of proposals were 2015 and 2017. The countries with the most publications featuring definitions were the United States, followed by Spain. The most representative authors were Jeannette Marie Wing, Cynthia Selby, and Francisco José García-Peñalvo. Regarding the analysis of the words, two lines stand out: one corresponds to approaches related to informatics, computing, technology, or programming, and the other assumes the absence of these terms. It is important to highlight the prominence of the word "problem(s)," which appeared with a frequency of 89% in the analyzed articles' definitions, and the word "solve(s)" with 54%. In line with the results, it is concluded that there is diversity in the proposals to define CT, making it challenging to find a point of convergence. Therefore, it is concluded that those interested in investigating the construct can adopt the definition that suits their research needs.

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