Computational Thinking in K-12: A Review of the State of the Field

Educational Researcher

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-43

  Grover, Shuchi ^a   Pea, Roy ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b H STAR Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

computational literacy; computational thinking; computers and learning; computing education; K 12 curricula; learning environments; problem solving; STEM learning; student cognition; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874289718     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X12463051     Document Type: Review

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