Coding has been added to school curricula in several countries, being one of the necessary competencies of the 21st century. Although it has also been suggested to foster the development of several cognitive skills such as computational thinking and problem-solving, studies on the effects of coding are very limited, provide mixed results, and lack causal evidence.

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学习编码会影响小学生的认知技能吗？随机实验的结果

编码已被添加到一些国家的学校课程中，成为 21 世纪的必要能力之一。虽然也有人建议培养几种认知技能的发展，例如计算思维和解决问题的能力，但对编码影响的研究非常有限，结果喜忧参半，并且缺乏因果证据。