In this episode I unpack Denning’s (2017) publication titled “Remaining trouble spots with computational thinking: Addressing unresolved questions concerning computational thinking,” which answers three questions: what is computational thinking, how do we measure students’ computational abilities, and is computational thinking good for everyone?

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

00:23 My single sentence summary

00:47 Paper introduction

02:56 What is computational thinking?

05:24 How do we measure students' computational abilities?

07:16 Is computational thinking good for everyone?

11:34 Conclusion

12:41 Lingering questions and thoughts

12:47 When is computational thinking a lens to look through and when is it a process to engage in?

13:57 A mini rant on computational thinking

17:07 Outro