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Language-based support for computational thinking

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posted on 2023-06-07, 23:51 authored by Kate HowlandKate Howland, Judith Good, K Nicholson
This paper explores the potential for simplified programming languages to support the development of computational thinking skills in non-programmers We suggest that novice programming languages might offer a starting point for non-programmers to engage with a substantial subset of computational thinking concepts, and assess a number of languages from this perspective We outline four key computational thinking skills and examine the support provided by existing languages We then de scribe additional characteristics which would be important for a new language aimed specifically at developing computational thinking skills

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Publication status

  • Published

ISSN

1943-6092

Publisher

IEEE COMPUTER SOC, 10662 LOS VAQUEROS CIRCLE, PO BOX 3014, LOS ALAMITOS, CA 90720-1264 USA

Pages

4.0

Presentation Type

  • paper

Event name

IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing

Event location

Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR

Event type

conference

ISBN

978-1-4244-4876-0

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  • Informatics Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

M Minas, M Erwig, R DeLine

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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