Report of a Workshop of Pedagogical Aspects of Computational Thinking
National Research Council. (2011). Report of a Workshop of Pedagogical Aspects of Computational Thinking. The National Academies Press.
This report summarizes the second of two workshops on computational thinking, which was held February 4-5, 2010, in Washington, D.C., under the auspices of the National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Committee for the Workshops on Computational Thinking.1 This second workshop was structured to gather pedagogical inputs and insights from educators who have addressed computational thinking in their work with K-12 teachers and students. Questions posed to participants in the second workshop included the following:
• What are the relevant lessons learned and best practices for improving computational thinking in K-12 education?
• What are some examples of computational thinking and how, if at all, does computational thinking vary by discipline at the K-12 level?
• What exposures and experiences contribute to developing computational thinking in the disciplines? What are some innovative environments for teaching computational thinking?
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Report of a Workshop on the Pedagogical Aspects of Computational Thinking. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13170.