Computational thinking for youth in practice

ACM Inroads

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-37

  Lee, Irene ^a   Martin, Fred ^b   Denner, Jill ^c   Coulter, Bob ^d   Allan, Walter ^e   Erickson, Jeri ^e   Malyn Smith, Joyce ^f   Werner, Linda ^g  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c ETR ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e FOUNDATION FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

^f EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^g University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Analysis; Automation; Computational thinking; Computer science education

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION; ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL THINKINGS; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; SCHOOL CONTEXT; THREE PHASIS; WAYS OF THINKING;

ABSTRACTING; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION COMPUTING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 79952937801     PISSN: 21532184     EISSN: 21532192     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1929887.1929902     Document Type: Article

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