Better Performance in Mathematics, Using Learning Styles While Learning Computational Thinking?

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to reveal the leading types of profiles addressed by researchers in the literature so that, exploring the possibility of including the most effective learning style, we contribute to help improve primary school children’s learning by embedding computational thinking into mathematical context. We prepared a set of Research Questions related to the use and exploration of children’s profiles such as; inquiring about the types of profiles investigated, the occurrence of each profile, and the experiments’ conditions.The analysis of the selected papers led us to see a lack of interest in investigating learning profiles in primary education. We did not come across any study working on developing the child’s learning styles using computational thinking. Our recommendation is, and according to the proper authors of the learning styles’ tests, to not use the actual tests in the literature as they were initially designed for the adult public. We would have to find another way to assess the learning styles of young primary school students; other than the one based on "self-assessment". We are extending this work by promoting the C2PCT scaffold to enhance students’ problem-solving, communication in STEAM learning and support the development of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (VAK) learning modalities.