Computational What? Relating Computational Thinking to Teaching

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2018

Department

Teaching & Educational Leadership

Abstract

Computational thinking is one of the skills critical for successfully solving problems posed in a technology driven and complex society. The limited opportunities in school settings to help students develop computational thinking skills underscores the need for helping teachers integrate it in their practices. Besides developing the knowledge of technology, content, and pedagogy, teachers need to recognize the relevance of computational thinking to their teaching, a factor influencing their future practice with it. Drawing from the literature on problem-solving and TPACK framework, this paper discusses strategies, including content-specific examples, problem-solving nature of computational thinking, and the methods of teaching problem-solving for enabling teachers to make the connections between computational thinking and their practices.

DOI

10.1007/s11528-018-0290-9

First Page

574

Last Page

584

Publication Title

TechTrends

Comments

At the time of publication, Theresa A. Cullen was affiliated with University of Oklahoma.

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