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Computational thinking in CS teaching materials: a pilot study

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Erik Barendsen,

Idzard StokerAuthors Info & Claims

Koli Calling '13: Proceedings of the 13th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research

Pages 199 - 200

https://doi.org/10.1145/2526968.2526995

Published: 14 November 2013 Publication History

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This poster reports on research in progress. We develop a coding scheme to analyze teaching materials with respect to Computational Thinking (CT) content. In this pilot study, we apply the coding scheme to a sample of Dutch materials for Computing Science. The framework turns out to be useful for both global and in-depth analysis of CT content.

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    1. Computing education
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Koli Calling '13: Proceedings of the 13th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research

November 2013

204 pages

ISBN:9781450324823

DOI:10.1145/2526968

Conference Chairs:
Mikko-Jussi Laakso
University of Turku, Finland
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University of Newcastle, Australia

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Crossley J(2023)How do Students Conceptualize and Represent Abstract Ideas?Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research - Volume 210.1145/3568812.3603455(82-86)Online publication date: 7-Aug-2023
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Grgurina NBarendsen EZwaneveld Bvan Veen KStoker ISimon Kinnunen P(2014)Computational thinking skills in dutch secondary educationProceedings of the 14th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research10.1145/2674683.2674704(173-174)Online publication date: 20-Nov-2014
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Grgurina NBarendsen EZwaneveld Bvan Veen KStoker ISchulte CCaspersen MGal-Ezer J(2014)Computational thinking skills in dutch secondary educationProceedings of the 9th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education10.1145/2670757.2670761(124-125)Online publication date: 5-Nov-2014
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