Computational thinking and thinking about computing

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1881, 2008, Pages 3717-3725

  Wing, Jeannette M ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Automation; Computable; Computational thinking; Computing; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION; AUTOMATION; COMPUTABLE; COMPUTATIONAL THINKING; COMPUTING; EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE; INTELLIGENCE; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOMIMETICS; MICROCOMPUTERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 51849116469     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0118     Document Type: Article

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