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VL
2010
IEEE
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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, ...
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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13 years 9 months ago
MPCT: media propelled computational thinking
Media-Propelled Computational Thinking (MPCT – pronounced impact) is a course designed to introduce programming in the context of engaging problems in media computation, math, a...
Eric Andrew Freudenthal, Mary K. Roy, Alexandria N...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
Thinking about computational thinking
Jeannette Wing’s call for teaching Computational Thinking (CT) as a formative skill on par with reading, writing, and arithmetic places computer science in the category of basic...
James J. Lu, George H. L. Fletcher
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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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...