Share Paper: Pre-Service Teachers' Preparation to Integrate Computational Thinking

  1. Lesley Farmer, California State University Long Beach, United States
Wednesday, April 8 12:45 PM-1:00 PM Room 3 - https://tinyurl.com/room3site

Abstract: Computational thinking enjoys a popularity because of a renewed interest in coding, associated with computer programming. It also resonates in light of Internet-based algorithms. Yet its underlying premises of data representation and abstraction, critical thinking and logical reasoning, and systematic problem-solving techniques, transcends technology even as it is incorporated for more effective calculations. The field is still young enough that it challenges teacher preparation faculty and their students. Several practices offer useful approaches so that both pre- and in-service teachers can gain confidence and expertise in designing instruction that leverages computational thinking that can be applied across the curriculum. Such ...