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... 1 The first workshop, held February 19-20, 2009, is summarized in National Research Council, 2010, Report of a Workshop on the Scope and Nature of Computational Thinking , Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press. Available at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.
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... As was true in the first workshop, participants in the second workshop expressed a host of different views about the scope and nature of computational thinking. As stated in the first report: Even though workshop participants generally did not explicitly disagree with views of computational thinking that were not identical to their own, almost every participant held his or her own perspective on com putational thinking that placed greater emphasis on particular aspects or characteristics of importance to that individual.2 2 National Research Council, 2010, Report of a Workshop on the Scope and Nature of Computational Thinking, Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press, p.
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... . The first report also noted that as usually construed, computational thinking includes "a broad range of mental tools and concepts from computer science that help people solve problems, design systems, understand human behavior, and engage computers to assist in automating a wide range of intellectual processes" (p.
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... Many of these ideas were reflected in the second workshop as well. 1.2 MOTIVATING AN EXAMINATION OF PEDAGOGY Participants in the first workshop offered a number of reasons for promulgating computational thinking skills broadly in the K-12 curriculum.
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... What is often taught in computer science to middle school and high school students, said Wing, reflects a relatively casual approach and is a minimally modified version of what is taught to undergraduates. What makes the approach casual is that it is done without a deep appreciation for how students learn at different ages.
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