Table 6 Classification of the reviewed studies for assessment tools

CT diagnostic tools (N = 18; 36.73%)

Computational thinking test (CTt)

Brackmann et al. (2017), Merino-Armero et al. (2022), Tsarava et al., (2019b)

Bebras test

del Olmo-Muñoz et al. (2020), Delal and Oner (2020), Rodriguez et al. (2017), Sun et al. (2021d, 2022)

TechCheck test

Relkin et al. (2021)

Test

 Computational thinking

Hsu and Liang (2021), Threekunprapa and Yasri (2020)

 Performance assessments

Saxena et al. (2020)

 Coded patterns

Léonard et al. (2019)

 Debugging

Ahn et al. (2021)

 Algorithms

Gresse Von Wangenheim et al. (2019)

Worksheet

Busuttil and Formosa (2020), Looi et al. (2018), Storjak et al. (2020)

CT perceptions-attitude tools (N = 15, 30.61%)

Computational Thinking Scales (CTS)

Csizmadia et al. (2019), Hsu and Liang (2021), Kirçali and Özdener (2022), Sun et al. (2021a), Tonbuloğlu and Tonbuloğlu (2019)

Perceptions of UA/CS

 Attitudes

Leifheit et al. (2018), Miller et al. (2018), Minamide et al. (2020), Sun et al. (2021a), Vlahu-Gjorgievska et al. (2018)

 Satisfaction

Gresse Von Wangenheim et al. (2019), Storjak et al. (2020)

 Self-efficacy

Ahn et al. (2021), Threekunprapa and Yasri (2020)

 Motivation

del Olmo-Muñoz et al. (2020)

CT summative tools (N = 11; 22.45%)

Project evaluation

Sun et al. (2021a)

Observations

Busuttil and Formosa (2020), Chen and Chi (2020), Dwyer et al. (2014), Peel et al. (2021), Saxena et al. (2020), Sun et al. (2021a), Tonbuloğlu and Tonbuloğlu (2019), Torres-Torres et al. (2020)

Problem-solving interview

Ahn et al. (2021), Peel et al. (2019)

CT formative–iterative tools (N = 2; 4.08%)

Activities logging

Léonard et al. (2019)

Activities coding

Csizmadia et al. (2019)