Computational Thinking in K—12: A Review of the State of the Field

• Published in: Educational researcher Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 38 - 43
• Main Authors: Grover, Shuchi, Pea, Roy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2013; American Educational Research Association
• Subjects: Abstract Reasoning; Children; Cognition; Cognition & reasoning; Computation; Computer programming; Computer science; Computer science education; Discourse analysis; Education policy; Educational Research; Elementary Secondary Education; Learning; Literacy; Mathematics; Mathematics education; Problem Solving; Programming; REVIEWS/ESSAYS; Scholarly publishing; School age children; Secondary education; Secondary school curricula; STEM Education; Thinking Skills; computational thinking; student cognition; computers and learning; learning environments; K–12 curricula; computational literacy; STEM learning; problem solving; technology; computing education

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