Can computational thinking be improved by using a methodology based on metaphors and scratch to teach computer programming to children?

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Highlights：

• Computational Thinking can be improved using metaphors and Scratch.

• Primary Education students' Computational Thinking can be improved.

• Primary Education students can learn basic programming concepts.

摘要

•Computational Thinking can be improved using metaphors and Scratch.•Primary Education students' Computational Thinking can be improved.•Primary Education students can learn basic programming concepts.

论文关键词：Computational thinking,Primary education,Programming,Methodology,Metaphor

论文评审过程：Received 28 December 2017, Revised 6 August 2018, Accepted 16 December 2018, Available online 17 December 2018, Version of Record 24 February 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.12.027