Influence of Computational Thinking Development on Metamemory Skills in Fifth-Grade Primary School Children

 

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Autores: Robledo Castro, Carolina, Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Luz Helena, Bonilla-Santos, Gisella
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Data de Publicação:2026
Descrição:Objective. This study aimed to examin the relationship between computational thinking skills and metacognitive abilities in primary school children. Method. Seventy-three students aged from 9 to 10 years participated. They were divided and assigned either to a computational-thinking training group (n = 43) or to a traditional-instruction group (n = 30). Computational thinking and metamemory were assessed using standardized tests. Both mediation analyses and multivariate regression models were conducted. Results. The experimental group obtained significantly higher computational-thinking scores (M = 16.42) compared to the control group (M = 10.63). Furthermore, the first group committed fewer total metamemory errors (M = 4.67) in compariason to the second (M =7.70). The correlation between computational thinking and metamemory was significant (r = -.579, p < .001), and the model accounted 52.3% of the variance. In addition, the gender of participants influenced the computational-thinking performance, whereas maternal education predicted metamemory outcomes. To conclude, the findings provide empirical evidence of the interaction between computational thinking and metacognitive processes in childhood.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Recursos:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/6520
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ap/article/view/6520
Palavra-chave:Computational thinking
metamemory
metacognition, school-age children
Pensamiento computacional
metamemoria
metacognición
infantes de primaria