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The CTSkills App -- Measuring Problem Decomposition Skills of Students in Computational Thinking

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Released Date: November 22, 2024

Authors: Dorit Assaf¹, Giorgia Adorni², Elia Lutz¹, Lucio Negrini³, Alberto Piatti³, Francesco Mondada⁴, Francesca Mangili⁵, Luca Maria Gambardella²

Aff.: ¹University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), School of Education, Switzerland; ²Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA), Switzerland; ³University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Department of Education and Learning (DFA), Switzerland; ⁴Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Mobile Robotic Systems Group (MOBOTS), Switzerland; ⁵University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA), Switzerland

Arxiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.14945v1

Session	School type	Grade	Age range	Female	Male	Total
1	Primary School	4	10 - 10 years ( $\mu$ = 10.0 $\pm$ 0.0)	4	5	9
2	Primary School	5	10 - 12 years ( $\mu$ = 10.9 $\pm$ 0.5)	9	7	16
3	Primary School	6	11 - 12 years ( $\mu$ = 11.9 $\pm$ 0.4)	3	5	8
4	Secondary School	7	13 - 14 years ( $\mu$ = 13.2 $\pm$ 0.5)	1	3	4
5	Secondary School	8	13 - 15 years ( $\mu$ = 13.9 $\pm$ 0.6)	6	8	14
6	Secondary School	9	15 - 15 years ( $\mu$ = 15.0 $\pm$ 0.0)	2	2	4
7	Secondary School	9	14 - 17 years ( $\mu$ = 15.3 $\pm$ 0.7)	11	9	20
Total			10 - 17 years ( $\mu$ = 13.0 $\pm$ 2.1)	36	39	75