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Computational thinking development of pupils in the Early Years
Jarolímková, Lucie ; Černochová, Miroslava (advisor) ; Fialová, Irena (referee)
The master's thesis addresses the topic of developing computational thinking at the primary school. The theoretical part defines the fundamental concepts of computational thinking and its components, digital literacy. The theoretical part also includes an analysis of the curriculum for elementary school and its changes in the field of computer science focused on the primary school. The basic concepts of computational thinking are characterized, and the issues in the curriculum in the Czech Republic and abroad are outlined. The theoretical part includes an analysis of textbooks for teaching computational thinking at the primary school, mainly analyzing the textbook by Berki, J., and Drábková, J. (2020) Foundations of Informatics for the primary school, along with specific chapters for its practical verification. The practical part describes the preparation and implementation of a research survey at the primary school. The aim was to assess the level of computational thinking among students, conduct lessons using the informatics textbook, and determine the impact of teaching on the development of computational thinking. The seven-hour informatics instruction took place at a school in Prague with a group of twenty-two students in the fifth grade of elementary school. The students were given the same...
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Collection of problems from algorithmization and programming
Lukš, Jan ; Štípek, Jiří (advisor) ; Novák, Jaroslav (referee)
The presented bachelor thesis deals with the issue of algorithmization and programming in high schools. It aims to create a set of programming exercises, including guidelines for teachers, which can then be used in programming classes. The theoretical part of the thesis defines and describes the concepts related to algorithmic, or more precisely, computational, thinking. The practical part of the thesis uses the theoretical background to explain the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed concept, and present basic information about the individual exercises. This part of the thesis also includes a web application, which enables the work to be carried out more comfortably within the guidelines. Finally, the suitability of the exercise concept is tested in the selected schools. Feedback is obtained through a questionnaire together with teacher interviews and evaluation, and suggested changes to the web application from the sub-tasks.
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Badatelsky orientovaná výuka robotiky
KLOFÁČ, Patrik
Newly conceived informatics focused on the development of pupils' computational thinking is constantly looking for new topics and new modern teaching methods to support active pupils. In the school environment, robotics appears to be a suitable educational topic for developing IT skills, competences, and computational thinking. Working with robots will not be beneficial if the teaching methods are used with passive pupils, and are merely transmissive, and instructional. For these reasons, it is necessary to look for new methods, and one of the possibilities is inquiry-based learning. In general, the subject of inquiry-based learning in informatics and also in robotics is practically unexplored, and it is not yet clear what to imagine under the heading of such teaching. Therefore, the research is focused on teaching the basics of robotics with inquiry-based learning tasks. The goal of the research was to create inquiry-based learning tasks for robotics lessons, and to find out whether inquiry-based robotics learning contributes to the development of computational thinking of second stage primary school (or middle school) students in these three components of algorithmization, abstraction, and evaluation. The work is based on qualitative research, using the action research method. Data collection was ensured by interviews with teachers, observation, and filming of students at work, along with student questionnaires. The results of the research provided an interesting and important insight into the structure of the creation of robotics research tasks, as well as the starting points for how to improve such tasks, and even what aspects to pay attention to in teaching. The findings can contribute to the development of informatics teaching.
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Using "Ozobot" in the kindergarten
Bochňák, Jan ; Černochová, Miroslava (advisor) ; Tocháček, Daniel (referee)
The diploma thesis examines options of using the ozobot robotic toy for education in kindergarten. The theoretical part is based on introduction of key concepts and review of existing knowledge about digital education with aims on early childhood education and care. In addition to the legislative framework and expert findings on digital technologies in preschool age, the risks associated with their use are also taken into account. Furthermore, the theoretical part includes findings about educational robotics and a description of the basic parameters of the ozobot toy, which is the focus of the research. The possibilities of using an ozobot in kindergarten are examined in the form of a case study that focuses on two levels of this issue, firstly on the features and functions of the ozobot, and secondly on how children perceive the ozobot and how they approach it with the aim of identifying possible obstacles, that may arise in kindergartens when working with the ozobot, offer the created thematic blocks for use and provide useful methodological guidelines and recommendations for them. The case study was carried out in one Prague kindergarten in two time-separated cycles, each time with a different group of six children aged 5-6 years from a different class. Ten thematic blocks with an ozobot were...
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Using minirobot Ozobot with tablet for computational thinking development
ŠAFÁŘOVÁ, Denisa
This thesis is devoted to teaching algorithmization at primary school with the help of Minirobot Ozobot. The thesis deals with the creating a set of excercises for Ozobot on a tablet with focus on the development of algorithmization. The excercises are intended for a tablet or a computer with a tilting monitor. Some of the excercises can also be used on paper. The introductory part deals with the goals and methods of work including difficulties and problems in creating excercises. The theoretical part deals with robotics in computer science lessons, including programming, algorithms and computational thinking. This section contains a description of the Ozobot. It also contains the advantages and disadvantages of excercises for Ozobot on a tablet and research of available applications for the creation of excercises pads for Ozobot. Last but not least, there is a brief guide to the ArtFlow application. The practical part consists of a set of excercises which are divided into five chapters. They are divided according to what they deal with. Each excercise contains an assignment, preview, goal and methodological notes. The diploma thesis contains an appendix with worksheets which contain moreover the solution and topic.
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Algorithmization development tasks with minirobot Ozobot
JANŮ, Denisa
This thesis deals with creating a set of exercises for Ozobot with focus on algorithmization. The exercises are meant to be used printed on paper. But they can be used with either tablet or computer monitor to a limited extent. The exercises themselves are build upon programming via graphic codes. Goals, methods and problems while creating the exercises are described in the introductory part. The minirobot Ozobot, its various versions, their differences and usability is described in theoretical part. Programing with graphic codes and programing in block enviroment OzoBlocky are described there. It also contains a part about current goals and trends in teaching informatics and computional thinking. Currently available exercises are also described there. The practical part contains created set of exercises divided in chapters according to their focus. Each exercise has a set goal, notes for teachers, possible expansions and changes made on it.
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Some approaches to the conceptual development of the principles of computer programming in SCRATCH in primary and middle school aged pupils
Šandová, Hana ; Černochová, Miroslava (advisor) ; Novák, Jaroslav (referee)
TITLE: Teaching approaches to pupils' concept development about computer programming in SCRATCH AUTHOR: Bc. Hana Šandová DEPARTMENT: Department of information technology and education SUPERVISOR: Doc. RNDr. Miroslava Černochová, CSc. ABSTRACT: This thesis deals with perceptions of pupils about how computers and computer programs work. The main objective is to inquire of pupils (ISCED-2) about how computer and computer programs work, and what ideas influence them. The theoretical part focuses on the history of the use of computers in teaching and an analysis of current approaches to teaching computer science and programming in the Czech Republic and in selected European countries. The practical part is devoted to mapping concepts of pupils aged 11-14 years involved in a teaching experiment organized at two schools in Prague, the aim of which was to examine the impact of teaching programming in "Scratch" over one semester in relation to pupil's ideas about how a computer works and in terms of the development of pupil's computational thinking. KEYWORDS: pupil's imagination, algorithm, programming, computational thinking, Scratch
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Robotic programmable devices (toys) in education
Němcová, Zuzana ; Vaňková, Petra (advisor) ; Lapeš, Jakub (referee)
This bachelor thesis is about robotic programmable devices (toys) and their possibilities of use in school practice. Its aim is to analyze the available robotic programmable toys suitable for teaching in primary schools and to describe the possibilities and ways of using these devices in teaching. The third goal is to verify the awareness of teachers at primary schools in the Central Bohemian Region about the possibilities of using robotic programmable toys and to propose recommendations based on the results. The thesis is divided into two parts, practical and theoretical. The first part describes the basic concepts used in the thesis, the analysis performed on selected robotic programmable toys, which aims to determine the most suitable robotic toys for use in teaching at first and second grade of primary school, and finally this part presents the possibilities and ways of using these devices in teaching focused on primary schools. The practical part includes the characteristics of quantitative research, research results and their evaluation with respect to the stated expectations and goals. Based on the research conclusions, recommendations for primary school teachers are proposed. This research was carried out using a questionnaire survey. This survey was conducted at selected primary schools in...
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Programming in elementary school and development of students' algorithmic thinking
Milichovská, Lucie ; Štípek, Jiří (advisor) ; Vaňková, Petra (referee)
This thesis is aimed at development of algorithmic thinking and teaching programming in elementary school. Possible options on how to learn to program are outlined for the students. It goes without saying that each student will not be a programmer, but fundamentals of algorithmic thinking are beneficial to every member of society. Learning programming languages and tools offer many benefits for students. They are visually interesting, relatively simple, intuitive and funny for students. At the same time, it develops their creativity. And thanks to these programming languages and tools, these features can be explored from an early age. The practical part is focused on children's programming language Scratch, which is one of the tools for use in teaching. There were 12 tasks created for pupils in the 4th - 6th grade of elementary school, that serve to develop their algorithmic thinking. The tasks have increasing difficulty, pupils do not need any previous experience with the programming language Scratch. All tasks were tested by a group of pupils of the given age category as a part of leisure activities
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Programming tools for development of algorithms and programs at elementary school
Dümont, Jan ; Novák, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Vaňková, Petra (referee)
The bachelor thesis is centred on an educational area algorithm development and programming at basic schools. The main aim is an overview and a description of teaching methods and programmes which promote the development of student's computional thinking. The thesis contains an analysis of researches which describes the situation of teaching algorithm development and programming at basic schools in 2006-2007 and in 2013. The analysis was realized by Department of Information Technology and Education at Faculty of Education at Charles University. Next part is a definition of basic concepts relating to this topic and at the end there are two examples of worksheets prepared for concrete methods.
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