Work-in-progress—Developing an Evidence- Centered Model for Computational Thinking in Virtual Worlds with Children with Autism

Authors

  • Alex Barrett Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems; Florida State University Tallahassee, USA
  • Nuodi Zhang Department of Educational Psychology and Learning; Systems Florida State University Tallahassee, USA
  • Fengfeng Ke Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems; Florida State University Tallahassee, USA
  • Jewoong Moon Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, & Technology Studies; The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, USA
  • Zlatko Sokolikj Department of Scientific Computing; Florida State University Tallahassee, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56198/

Keywords:

Computational thinking, Evidence-centered design, Behavioral coding, Virtual worlds, Autism spectrum disorder

Abstract

This work-in-progress paper reports on the establishment of preliminary reliability for a domain-agnostic evidence-centered assessment model to measure computational thinking (CT) in an online virtual world. Preliminary reliability was established between two researchers through manually coding 800 minutes of recorded learning sessions and over 350 minutes of consultation. Participants were three adolescents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Findings indicate an acceptable level of reliability between the two coders, opening the way to more extensive application of the model in future studies.

Published

25-11-2025

How to Cite

Work-in-progress—Developing an Evidence- Centered Model for Computational Thinking in Virtual Worlds with Children with Autism. (2025). Immersive Learning Research - Academic, 1(1), 30-32. https://doi.org/10.56198/

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