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Umit Aslan; Michael Horn; Uri Wilensky – Science Education, 2024
Science educators are integrating more and more computational thinking (CT) activities into their curricula. Proponents of CT offer two motivations: familiarizing students with a realistic depiction of the computational nature of modern scientific practices and encouraging more students from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue careers in…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Mental Computation, Secondary School Science, Minority Group Students
Angela Roccograndi; Michelle Hodara – Education Northwest, 2024
Louisiana State University (LSU) received an Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grant to implement its Introduction to Computational Thinking (ICT) course from fall 2019 through spring 2023. ICT is a yearlong course that builds skills in problem solving, programming, and mathematics (algebra and geometry) and is intended to improve…
Descriptors: Mental Computation, Curriculum Development, Introductory Courses, Mathematics Education