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Download full textMichelle Hodara; Ming Yin – Education Northwest, 2025
Computational thinking encompasses proficiencies in computer science and general problem-solving and can support students' learning across subject areas and success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and career pathways. To support students' STEM outcomes, many school districts are offering computer science…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Outcomes of Education, STEM Education
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Direct linkBurgiel, Heidi; Sadler, Philip M.; Sonnert, Gerhard – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2020
The number of computer science (CS) courses has been dramatically expanding in U.S. high schools (HS). In comparison with well-established courses in mathematics and science, little is known about how the decisions made by HS CS teachers regarding how and what to teach impact student performance later in introductory college CS courses. Drawing on…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, High School Students, College Students, High School Teachers
Gal-Ezer, Judith; Vilner, Tamar; Zur, Ela – Computer Science Education, 2004
Realizing the importance of teaching efficiency at early stages of the program of study in computer science (CS) on one hand, and the difficulties encountered when introducing this concept on the other, we advocate a different didactic approach in the introductory CS course (CS1). This paper describes the approach as it is used at the Open…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Introductory Courses, Efficiency
