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Interactive Learning Environments Volume 28, 2020 - Issue 3: Stories From the Field: Locating and Cultivating Computational Thinking in Spaces of Learning
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Computational thinking and mathematics using Scratch: an experiment with sixth-grade students

José Antonio Rodríguez-MartínezDepartment of Mathematics, School of Education of Albacete (Edificio Simón Abril), University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8151-676X
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José Antonio González-CaleroDepartment of Mathematics, School of Education of Albacete (Edificio Simón Abril), University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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José Manuel Sáez-LópezDepartament de Didactics, Faculty of Education, Spanish National University of Distance Education (UNED), Madrid, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5938-1547
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Pages 316-327 | Received 15 Dec 2017, Accepted 19 Dec 2018, Published online: 02 May 2019

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