MPCT - Media Propelled Computational Thinking

SIGCSE'10 - Proceedings of the 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 37-41

  Freudenthal, Eric Andrew ^a   Roy, Mary K ^a   Ogrey, Alexandria Nicole ^a   Magoc, Tanja ^a   Siegel, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational thinking; CS zero; First year programs

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE; DIRECT MANIPULATION; DIVERSE RANGE; ENGAGING STUDENTS; EVALUATION PLANS; FIRST YEAR; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; HIGH SCHOOL; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS; RESONANT SYSTEMS; UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES; UPPER DIVISION UNDERGRADUATE;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 77952230350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1734263.1734276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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