In this episode I unpack Hsu, Chang, and Hung’s (2018) publication titled “How to learn and how to teach computational thinking: Suggestions based on a review of the literature,” which is a content analysis of 120 publications written between 2006 and 2017 that reveals that CT means many things and that people are implementing it through a variety of means.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

00:46 Abstract

03:31 Paper introduction

05:35 Literature review

08:16 Paper findings

10:18 Discussion and conclusion

10:58 Lingering questions + thoughts

11:03 Having spoken with a lot of people who don't know the difference between CS and CT, I think CS educators could do a better job explaining that CT is a process for thinking through problems and that CS is an entire field of study or academic discipline.

11:47 Who is initiating the application of CT into a subject area and why?

13:07 In what ways might CS benefit from thinking processes from other disciplines?

13:58 Outro