Computational Thinking Education in K-12

edited by Siu-Cheung Kong and Harold Abelson

"A collection of perspectives and case studies on the teaching of computational thinking in K-12, with a focus on AI literacy and physical computing (robotics)"--

Introduction to Computational Thinking Education in K--12 1I A Multiplicity of Computational Thinkings 131 A Case for Why: Society, School, Self 152 Providing Students with Computational Literacy for Learning About Everything 293 Developing Computational Thinking Skills with Multiple Models and Representations 494 Toward a Theory (And Practice) of Multiple Computational Thinkings 715 Learning Computational Thinking in Phenomena-Based Co-Creation Projects: Perspectives from Finland 1036 Computational Empowerment 121II Computational Thinking and Artificial Intelligence Literacy in K--12 1417 The Computational Thinking and Artificial Intelligence Duality 1438 Artificial Intelligence Thinking in K--12 1539 Preparing Children to be Conscientious Consumers and Designers of AI Technologies 181III Computational Thinking and Physical Computing Education in K--12 20710 Examining the Multidimensional Learning Affordances of Robotics for Computational Thinking and Science Inquiry 20911 Toward a Research Agenda for Developing Computational Thinking Skills by Sense-Reason-Act Programming with Robots 22912 Computational Thinking in the Interdisciplinary Robotic Game: The Charm of STEAM 245Additional Readings on CT Education for K--12 271Contributors 275Index 277