Interactive Assessment Tools for Computational Thinking in High School STEM Classrooms

• Published in: Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment pp. 22 - 25
• Main Authors: Weintrop, David, Beheshti, Elham, Horn, Michael S., Orton, Kai, Trouille, Laura, Jona, Kemi, Wilensky, Uri
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2014
• Series: Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
• Subjects: Assessment; Computational Thinking; STEM

This paper presents a pair of online, interactive assessments designed to measures students’ computational thinking skills. The assessments are part of a larger project to bring computational thinking into high school STEM classrooms. Each assessment includes interactive tools that highlight the pow...