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DAGSTUHL
2001
13 years 5 months ago
Thinking Tools for the Future of Computing Science
This paper argues that "formal methods" can (continue to) provide the thinking tools for the future of computing science. Every significant engineering or scientific disc...
Cliff B. Jones
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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13 years 10 months ago
Scalable game design and the development of a checklist for getting computational thinking into public schools
Game design appears to be a promising approach to interest K-12 students in Computer Science. Unfortunately, balancing motivational and educational concerns is truly challenging. ...
Alexander Repenning, David C. Webb, Andri Ioannido...
VL
2010
IEEE
209views Visual Languages» more  VL 2010»
13 years 2 months ago
Towards the Automatic Recognition of Computational Thinking for Adaptive Visual Language Learning
Visual programming languages can be used to make computer science more accessible to a broad range of students. The evaluative focus of current research in the area of visual lang...
Kyu Han Koh, Ashok R. Basawapatna, Vicki Bennett, ...
ICALT
2008
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
A Learning Environment for Promoting Structured Algebraic Thinking in Children
Although the notion of generality is central in mathematics and science, being able to identify and express general patterns and/or articulating structures is one of the main difï...
Sergio Gutiérrez Santos, Manolis Mavrikis, ...
CHI
2004
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
How do users think about ubiquitous computing?
As ubiquitous computing technology migrates into the home environment, there has been a concurrent effort to allow users to build and customize such technologies to suit their own...
Khai N. Truong, Elaine M. Huang, Molly M. Stevens,...