2: Computational thinking

Our schools are organized around standards and learning objectives: if we are going to teach computing, we need to explain what it is, and what makes it different from other things we are teaching.

Weekly update

This video covers logistics, responds to your reflections on Wing's (2006) article, and introduces this week's readings.

If you have not yet completed the initial course survey and the assigned reading reflection from Week 1, please do so asap. I will be assigning dicussion groups today.

Readings

Grover, S. & Pea, R. (2013 , January). Computational Thinking in K–12: A Review of the State of the Field. Educational Researcher, 42(1), 38–43. doi:10.3102/0013189X12463051

Proctor, C. (2023). Tierney, R. J., Rizvi, F., & Ercikan, K. (Eds.). Computational thinking. International Encyclopedia of Education (Fourth Edition) (pp. 88–95). Elsevier.