The frontiers and hotspots of computational thinking cultivation research for primary and secondary school students

-- Literature analysis based on CNKI database in the past 13 years (2010-2023)

Abstract

Computational thinking is the key to cultivating students' core literacy in the information age, and it is also an important entry point to promote the reform of information technology curriculum. In order to understand the development trend of computational thinking cultivation of primary school students in China in the past 13 years, this paper took CNKI as the data source to statistically analyze the published literature in China. From the perspectives of the number of literatures, publishing institutions, authors, etc., this paper reviews the research on the cultivation of computational thinking among primary school students in China in the past 13 years. This paper puts forward the problems and thoughts existing in the research on the cultivation of computational thinking of primary school students from the aspects of research theme, research content and research methods.