From digital computing to computational thinking

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Published: Aug 10, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17471/2499-4324/918
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Software development, Cognitive skills, Coding, Computational Thinking, Educational Technology, Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)

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Giorgio Olimpo
Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Genova, Italy

Abstract

This paper proposes a short analysis of the main phases of software development, the approaches and conceptual tools that professionals typically adopt to tackle the complexity of those phases, and the possible meanings that this way of thinking may assume in educational processes. The main purpose is to offer a point of view on the educational potential of computational thinking that is deeper and more comprehensive than the coding oriented attitude widely assumed by stakeholders. The perspective on computational thinking that is provided involves cognitive skills of general value such as abstraction, representation, expression and communication and inquiry, and is not confined to the important but restrictive area of coding.

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Vol. 25 No. 2 (2017): Computational thinking
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