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A Framework for Computational Thinking across the Curriculum
(2010)
  • Ljubomir Perkovi´c, DePaul University
  • Amber Settle, DePaul University
  • Sungsoon Hwang, DePaul University
  • Joshua Jones, DePaul University
Abstract
We describe a framework for implementing computational thinking in a broad variety of general education courses. The framework is designed to be used by faculty without formal training in information technology in order to understand and integrate computational thinking into their own general education courses. The framework includes examples of computational thinking in a variety of general education courses, as well as sample in-class activities, assignments, and other assessments for the courses. The examples in the different courses are related and differentiated using categories taken from Denning Great Principles of Computing, so that similar types of computational thinking appearing in different contexts are brought together. This aids understanding of the computational thinking found in the courses and provides a template for future work on new course materials. Specific examples of computational thinking in the design category are provided in the context of three distinct courses.
Publication Date
June 26, 2010
Citation Information
Ljubomir Perkovi´c, Amber Settle, Sungsoon Hwang and Joshua Jones. "A Framework for Computational Thinking across the Curriculum" (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sungsoon_hwang/13/