Development of Computational Thinking Skills of Computer Student Teachers Using Graphic Organizer

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were to 1) to study the results and guidelines for Development of Computational Thinking Skills for Computer Student Teachers Using Graphic Organizer. The Target group were 20 of first-year teacher students of Computer Science, Faculty of Education, Lampang Rajabhat University, enrolled in algorithms and programming course, second semester of the academic year 2019. The research instruments were 1) lesson plan 2) logbook 3) final exam and 4) The computational thinking skills test.

          The research results were 1) The overall means level of computational thinking skills of computer teachers students in 4 domains were at high level in all Issues ( = 4.31), algorithm design ( = 4.50), pattern recognition ( = 4.40), decomposition ( = 4.25) and abstraction ( = 4.10). 2) Guidelines for Development teachers’ students Computational Thinking Skills through 6 Domains of Learning were Ethics and Morals, Knowledge, Cognitive Skills, Interpersonal Skills and Responsibility, Numerical, Communication and Information Technology Skills and Pedagogical Skills. Activities to enhance Computational Thinking Skills were 1) Instructional plans 2) Logbook 3) graphic organizer 4) Project presentation and 5) Computational Thinking Skills test.