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What does computational thinking involve in education?
What does computational thinking involve in education?
- Solving problems without involving computers
- Expressing problems in ways that are difficult for computers to understand
- Expressing problems and their solutions in natural language only
- Expressing problems and their solutions in ways that a computer could execute (correct)
Who first used the term 'computational thinking'?
Who first used the term 'computational thinking'?
- Alan Perlis
- Seymour Papert (correct)
- John McCarthy
- Donald Knuth
What are some ideas involved in computational thinking?
What are some ideas involved in computational thinking?
- Abstraction, data manipulation, and illogically organizing data
- Abstraction, data representation, and logically organizing data (correct)
- Concrete thinking, data manipulation, and illogically organizing data
- Concrete thinking, data representation, and logically organizing data
When does the history of computational thinking as a concept date back to?
When does the history of computational thinking as a concept date back to?
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Who are some computing pioneers associated with terms related to computational thinking?
Who are some computing pioneers associated with terms related to computational thinking?
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Computational Thinking in Education and History
- Computational thinking (CT) involves formulating problems so their solutions can be represented as computational steps and algorithms.
- In education, CT is a set of problem-solving methods that involve expressing problems and solutions in ways executable by a computer.
- CT involves automation of processes and using computing to explore, analyze, and understand natural and artificial processes.
- The concept of computational thinking dates back to at least the 1950s, but its ideas are much older.
- It involves ideas like abstraction, data representation, and logically organizing data, which are also prevalent in other kinds of thinking.
- Preceded by terms like algorithmizing, procedural thinking, and computational literacy, the term computational thinking was first used by Seymour Papert in 1980 and 1996.
- Computational thinking can be used to algorithmically solve complicated problems of scale and realize large improvements in efficiency.
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