1. Computational Thinking Is More about Thinking than Computing
- Author
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Li, Yeping, Schoenfeld, Alan H, diSessa, Andrea A, Graesser, Arthur C, Benson, Lisa C, English, Lyn D, and Duschl, Richard A
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Stem Cell Research - Nonembryonic - Non-Human ,Stem Cell Research ,Networking and Information Technology R&D (NITRD) ,Cognition ,Computational literacy ,Computational thinking ,Computing ,Models of thinking ,STEM integration - Abstract
Computational thinking is widely recognized as important, not only to those interested in computer science and mathematics but also to every student in the twenty-first century. However, the concept of computational thinking is arguably complex; the term itself can easily lead to direct connection with "computing" or "computer" in a restricted sense. In this editorial, we build on existing research about computational thinking to discuss it as a multi-faceted theoretical nature. We further present computational thinking, as a model of thinking, that is important not only in computer science and mathematics, but also in other disciplines of STEM and integrated STEM education broadly.
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- 2020