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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">INFEDU</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Informatics in Education</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2335-8971</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">1648-5831</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>VU</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">INFEDU.25.12</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15388/infedu.2025.12</article-id>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Article</subject>
        </subj-group>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Assessing Computational Thinking in Primary Education: A Cross-Sectional Study Using a Multidimensional Perspective</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>del Olmo Muñoz</surname>
            <given-names>Javier</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:javier.olmo@uclm.es">javier.olmo@uclm.es</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_000"/>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">∗</xref>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_000">Department of Mathematics, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Jiménez Toledo</surname>
            <given-names>Alicia</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:alicia.jtoledo@uclm.es">alicia.jtoledo@uclm.es</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_001">University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Tirado Olivares</surname>
            <given-names>Sergio</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:sergio.tirado@uclm.es">sergio.tirado@uclm.es</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_002"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_002">Department of Geography and Territorial Planning, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>González-Calero</surname>
            <given-names>José Antonio</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:jose.gonzalezcalero@uclm.es">jose.gonzalezcalero@uclm.es</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_003"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_003">Department of Mathematics, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Cózar Gutiérrez</surname>
            <given-names>Ramón</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:ramon.cozar@uclm.es">ramon.cozar@uclm.es</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_004"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_004">Department of History, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor1"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author.</corresp>
      </author-notes>
      <volume>24</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>299</fpage>
      <lpage>320</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder>Vilnius University</copyright-holder>
        <license license-type="open-access">
          <license-p>Open access article under the CC BY license.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>The assessment of computational thinking (CT) is crucial for improving pedagogical practice, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing efficient educational interventions. Despite growing interest in CT in primary education, existing assessments often focus on specific dimensions, providing a fragmented understanding. In this research, a CT system of assessments for primary education was assembled and applied in a cross-sectional survey study with 1306 students from the 6th grade in a region of Spain. A three-way ANOVA and correlation analyses explored the effects of programming experience, educational context, and gender on CT skills and self-efficacy. Results highlighted a significant effect of programming experience but no significant effects of context or gender, alongside low overall correlations between CT skills and self-efficacy. These findings highlight the need to avoid focusing CT assessments on a single variable and support the combined use of multiple assessment instruments to measure CT accurately and effectively.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>computational thinking</kwd>
        <kwd>system of assessment</kwd>
        <kwd>cross-sectional study</kwd>
        <kwd>primary education</kwd>
        <kwd>programming experience</kwd>
        <kwd>self-efficacy</kwd>
        <kwd>problem-solving skills</kwd>
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