Designing a Training Program Based on the Connectivism Theory to Measure its Impact on Developing the Computational Thinking Skills
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Training Programs, Connectivism Theory, Computational Thinking SkillsAbstract
This research aims at designing and implementing a training program based on the Connectivism Theory and measuring its impact on developing their computational thinking skills of the secondary students’. The quasi-experimental approach was followed, where the sample of the research members consisted of (60) students, randomly distributed into two groups: the experimental group of (30) students and the control group of (30) students. The sample was collected from one of the private schools in Amman, during the first semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. To achieve the goal of the research, the researchers designed and applied the training program based on the Connectivism Theory to the experimental group while the control group studied using the traditional learning method. A computational thinking skills test, which tests decomposition skill, pattern recognition skill, abstraction skill, and skill of designing algorithms, was prepared. The results of the research indicated that there are statistically significant differences in the development of all computational thinking skills, in favor of the members of the experimental group, as a result of implementing the training program based on the Connectivism Theory. In the light of the results of the research and discussion, the researchers recommended that computational thinking skills should be included in all subjects for all classes, as well as a set of recommendations with relevance to the subject of the research.
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