Abstract
This research investigates the impact of color scheme on elementary school computational thinking (CT) assessments. The study involved 116 4th-grade Israeli students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, comparing performance between full color and grayscale versions of the competent Computational Thinking Test (cCTt). Overall, students in the grayscale group performed better than those in the color group. Analysis of error types indicated that grayscale printing reduced errors that depict lower levels of understanding and had no associations with responses that depict higher levels of understanding. The study contributes valuable insights into the role of color in CT assessments, emphasizing the importance of optimizing assessment tools for young learners.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 39-43 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Thinking Education |
State | Published - 2024 |
Event | 8th APSCE International Conference on Computational Thinking and STEM Education, CTE-STEM 2024 - Beijing, China Duration: 28 May 2024 → 30 May 2024 |
Keywords
- Assessment
- Color
- Computational Thinking
- Elementary School
- Pen-and-Paper test
- cCTt
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Education
- Computer Science Applications