Chapter 16: Insights Into Young Children's Coding With Data Analytics.

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Working with other Ph.D researchers to write a session about the potential of learning analytics as a computational thinking assessment in early childhood education. In this chapter, we discuss the potential of learning analytics as a computational thinking assessment in early childhood education. We first introduce learning analytics by discussing its various applications and the benefits and limitations that it offers to the educational field. They we provide examples of how learning analytics can deepen our understanding of computational thinking through observing young children's engagement with ScratchJr: a tablet coding app designed for K-2 students. Finally, we discuss future directions for using learning analytics to support computer science education.

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