2: Computational thinking
Week 2 (September 4)Week 2 introduces CS disciplinary content knowledge as a priority in K-12 CS education, focusing on the effort to define computational thinking.
Readings
Grover, S., & Pea, R. (2013). Computational Thinking in K–12: A Review of the State of the Field. Educational Researcher, 42(1), 38–43. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X12463051
Proctor, C. (2023). Computational thinking. In R. J. Tierney, F. Rizvi, & K. Ercikan (Eds.), International encyclopedia of education (fourth edition) (Fourth Edition, pp. 88–95). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.13078-7