Development of the Japanese Version of the Computational Thinking Scales for First-Year University Students in Humanities

Abstract

This study developed and evaluated the Japanese version of the Computational Thinking Scales（JCTS）. In addition, we investigated the gender differences and features of CT. In Study 1, a survey of first-year university students in humanities（N = 511） showed that JCTS had not enough but acceptable internal consistency（α = .65〜.92）and criterion related validity（ISTA and CSTA : r = .69（p <.01）, CAS : r = .54（p <.01）） that it consisted of 21 items with five factors : Creativity, Cooperativity, Algoritmic Thinking, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving. In Study 2, a test-retest of university students（N = 20）had good reliability for JCTS. In Study 3, a survey of university students （N = 127） showed acceptable internal consistency（α = .77〜.93）. Results of this study indicated that JTCS had acceptable reliability and validity. Additionally, CT of first-year university students in humanities showed no significant gender differences and was categorized into 3 clusters.