Sovey Saralah, Osman Kamisah, Matore Mohd Effendi Ewan Mohd
Sungai Ramal Secondary School, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
Faculty of Education, Centre of STEM Enculturation, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 Nov 24;13:1022304. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1022304. eCollection 2022.
Computational thinking refers to the cognitive processes underpinning the application of computer science concepts and methodologies to the methodical approach and creation of a solution to a problem. The study aims to determine how students' cognitive, affective, and conative dispositions in using computational thinking are influenced by a gender. This study used a survey research design with quantitative approach. Five hundred thirty-five secondary school students were sampled using probability sampling with the Computational Thinking Disposition Instrument (CTDI). WINSTEPS version 3.71.0 software was subsequently employed to assess the Gender Differential item functioning (GDIF) including reliability and validity with descriptive statistics were employed to assess students' disposition toward practicing computational thinking. In addition to providing implications for the theory, the data give verifiable research that the CT disposition profile consists of three constructs. In addition, the demonstrated CTDI has good GDIF features, which may be employed to evaluate the efficacy of the application of CT in the Malaysian curriculum by measuring the level of CT in terms of the disposition profile of students.
计算思维是指支撑将计算机科学概念和方法应用于有条理地解决问题的方法和创造解决方案的认知过程。该研究旨在确定学生在运用计算思维时的认知、情感和意动倾向如何受到性别的影响。本研究采用定量方法的调查研究设计。使用计算思维倾向量表（CTDI），通过概率抽样对535名中学生进行了抽样。随后使用WINSTEPS 3.71.0版软件评估性别差异项目功能（GDIF），包括信度和效度，并使用描述性统计来评估学生对实践计算思维的倾向。除了为理论提供启示外，数据还提供了可验证的研究，即计算思维倾向概况由三个结构组成。此外，所展示的CTDI具有良好的GDIF特征，可通过根据学生的倾向概况测量计算思维水平，用于评估计算思维在马来西亚课程中的应用效果。
