From Computational Thinking to Computational Participation in K-12 Education.

The author offers an argument that computational thinking should be understood as computational participation in K-12 education. Topics include the nature of student interest in computer programming, the creation of applications in a communal context by students, and the need for broader participati...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 59; no. 8; pp. 26 - 28
Autor principal:	Kafai, Yasmin B.
Formato:	Opinion
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Aug2016
Materias:	Middle school education Computer science education Secondary education Computer programming education Student interests Development of application software
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Sumario:	The author offers an argument that computational thinking should be understood as computational participation in K-12 education. Topics include the nature of student interest in computer programming, the creation of applications in a communal context by students, and the need for broader participation in computer science education by K-12 students.