Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
THINKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY, cilt.61, 2026 (SSCI, Scopus)
The current study aim was to investigate impacts of Coding as Another Language-KIBO kindergarten curriculum on preschool children's computational thinking skills, with focus on seven powerful ideas. Data were collected from 58 public preschool children in T & uuml;rkiye (experimental group, n = 38, control group, n = 20) with curriculum' effects being investigated in programming and non-programming contexts. To measure children's computational thinking skills, two assessment tools were used: TechCheck-K (assessing children's computational thinking skills in a non-programming context) and TACTIC-KIBO (examining children's computational thinking skills in a programming context). TechCheck-K results indicated Coding as Another LanguageKIBO kindergarten curriculum significantly improved experimental group computational thinking skills with greatest progress in hardware/software, debugging, and representation, while algorithms, modularity, and control structures showed modest improvements. Whereas in TACTIC-KIBO results, focused on programming contexts, 31 experimental group children reached "programmer" level. However, tasks involving the design process, repeat loops, and use of repeat blocks were particularly challenging for these preschoolers.