Abstract
The aim of this study is to compare computational thinking skills of teacher candidates who are educated in Turkey and India. For this purpose, 555 male and 212 female who are students in the Faculty of Education at a University in Turkey and, 239 male and 493 female who are students in Faculty of Education at University of Madras in India. Within the scope of the research, the “computer thinking skill levels scale" developed by Korkmaz, Çakır and Özden (2017) to measure the computer thinking skills of university students in Turkey was used. The scale consists of 29 items and five factors. The Cronbach alpha of Scale’ Turkish form is .822 and, Indian form is .769. Mean, standard deviation, t-test and ANOVA analyses were run on the collected data. According to the results, computational thinking skills of Indian teacher candidates are generally quite high, whereas Turkish teacher candidates are moderately high, and in both groups the students' highest level in term of factors is creativity, and the lowest one is problem-solving skill.
Highlights
Technological advancements have swept up the interests of individuals in the society
F) Communication Skills – According to ISTE (2015), computational thinking in an individual is used for algorithmic thinking and problem solving only when the individual cooperates with the environment
E) Is there a significant difference between computational thinking skill levels of Turkish and Indian teacher candidates according to grade levels?
Summary
Technological advancements have swept up the interests of individuals in the society. Millennial generation children are exposed to computers in their early ages These children are not afraid to play and explore new things with technology. CT has an analytical approach to understand computability, intelligence, the mind and human behaviour It includes concepts such as analysis, demonstration and modelling (Kormaz, Çakir & Özden, 2017). There are limited number of studies that measures digital age skills It is a concealed fact, to measure how much of digital age skills like computational thinking skills is present in the millennial generation. Educators and researchers these days finds it necessary to study the concepts of computational thinking in schools. They focus on teaching learning process in schools with computer
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