Extended dataset for the validation the competent Computational Thinking test in grades 3-6

• If you publish material based on this dataset, please cite the following :

    • The Zenodo repository : Laila El-Hamamsy, Barbara Bruno, Jessica Dehler Zufferey, & Francesco Mondada (2023). Extended dataset for the validation of the competent Computational Thinking test in grades 3-6 [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7983525 

    • The article on the validation of the computational thinking test for grades 3-6 : El-Hamamsy, L., Zapata-Cáceres, M., Martín-Barroso, E., Mondada, F., Zufferey, J. D., Bruno, B., & Román-González, M. (2025). The competent Computational Thinking test (cCTt): A valid, reliable and gender-fair test for longitudinal CT studies in grades 3–6. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 1-55.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-024-09777-8 

• License : This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY-4.0)

• Creators : El-Hamamsy, L., Bruno, B., Dehler Zufferey, J., and Mondada, F.

• Date May 30th 2023

• Subject : Computational Thinking (CT), Assessment, Primary education, Psychometric validation

• Dataset format : CSV. The dataset contains four files (one per grade, see detailed description below). Please note that the spreadsheets may contain missing values due to students not being present for a part of the data collection. To have access to the specific cCTt questions please refer to the original publication [1] and Zenodo repository [2] which provide the full set of questions and correct responses.

• Dataset size < 500 kB

• Data collection period : January and November 2021

• Abbreviations :  - CT : Computational Thinking  - cCTt: competent CT test

• Funding : This work was funded by the the NCCR Robotics, a National Centre of Competence in Research, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant number 51NF40_185543)

References

[1] El-Hamamsy, L., Zapata-Cáceres, M., Barroso, E. M., Mondada, F., Zufferey, J. D., & Bruno, B. (2022). The Competent Computational Thinking Test: Development and Validation of an Unplugged Computational Thinking Test for Upper Primary School. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 60(7), 1818–1866. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331221081753&nbsp;

[2] El-Hamamsy, L., Zapata-Cáceres, M., Marcelino, P.,  Dehler Zufferey, J., Bruno, B., Martín Barroso, E., & ‪Román-González, M.‬ (2022). Dataset for the comparison of two Computational Thinking (CT) test for upper primary school (grades 3-4) : the Beginners' CT test (BCTt) and the competent CT test (cCTt) (Version 1) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5885034 ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

[3] El-Hamamsy, L., Zapata-Cáceres, M., Martín-Barroso, E. et al. The Competent Computational Thinking Test (cCTt): A Valid, Reliable and Gender-Fair Test for Longitudinal CT Studies in Grades 3–6. Tech Know Learn (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-024-09777-8

[4] Brennan, K. and Resnick, M. (2012). New frameworks for studying and assessing the development of computational thinking. page 25

[5] El-Hamamsy, L., Zapata-Cáceres, M., Marcelino, P., Bruno, B., Dehler Zufferey, J., Martín-Barroso, E., & Román-González, M. (2022). Comparing the psychometric properties of two primary school Computational Thinking (CT) assessments for grades 3 and 4: The Beginners’ CT test (BCTt) and the competent CT test (cCTt). Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1082659