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)
[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
[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)