Research Guides: Computational Thinking in Education: Search by Subject

Below are recent sample articles that discuss computational thinking in education in reference to specific

subjects or topics such as language arts, science, music and art, students with disabilities, and gamification.

Language Arts

Burke, Q., O'Byrne, W., & Kafai, Y. (2016). Computational participation: Understanding coding as an extension of literacy instruction. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 59(4), 371-375.
Hutchison, A., Nadolny, L., & Estapa, A. (2016). Using coding apps to support literacy instruction and develop coding literacy. Reading Teacher, 69(5), 493–503. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.1440
Jenkins, C. (2015). Poem Generator: A comparative quantitative evaluation of a microworldsbased learning approach for teaching English. International Journal of Education & Development Using Information & Communication Technology, 11(2), 153–167.
Lee, C. H., & Soep, E. (2016). None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds: Critical Computational Literacy as a Pedagogy of Resistance. Equity & Excellence in Education, 49(4), 480–492. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2016.1227157
Hooshyar, D., Yousefi, M., & Lim, H. (2018). A procedural content generation-based framework for educational games: toward a tailored data-driven game for developing early english reading skills. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 56(2), 293–310.