Title
Teaching Computational Thinking in initial series: An analysis of the confluence among mathematics and Computer Sciences in elementary education and its implications for higher education
Date Issued
01 December 2012
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Barcelos T.S.
Universidade Cruzeiro Do sul
Publisher(s)
Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios en Informática
Abstract
The pervasiveness of computer devices in everyday situations poses a fundamental question about Computer Sciences as being part of those known as basic sciences. However, it would be more beneficial not to consider computation only as a technique, but instead as a way of reasoning and problem solving. Under this perspective, there are inherent relationships among the knowledge, skills and attitudes that emanate from this field and those ones commonly related to Math. This paper discusses the relationship between the so-named Computational Thinking and the foundations of Math Education, based on a literature review. Three groups of skills that can be jointly developed by both areas are identified and some challenges and implications for education in Computer Sciences are discussed. © 2012 IEEE.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la computación
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84874339926
Resource of which it is part
38th Latin America Conference on Informatics, CLEI 2012 - Conference Proceedings
ISBN of the container
978-146730793-2
Conference
38th Latin America Conference on Informatics, CLEI 2012
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