Recognizing computational thinking patterns

SIGCSE'11 - Proceedings of the 42nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 245-250

  Basawapatna, Ashok ^a   Koh, Kyu Han ^a   Repenning, Alexander ^a   Webb, David C ^b   Marshall, Krista Sekeres ^b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational thinking; Computational thinking patterns; Middle school computer education; Scalable game design; Student observation; Transfer; University programming education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL THINKING PATTERNS; COMPUTATIONAL THINKINGS; MIDDLE SCHOOL COMPUTER EDUCATION; SCALABLE GAME DESIGN; TRANSFER; UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMING EDUCATION;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 79954434432     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1953163.1953241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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