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What is Algorithmic Thinking

Handbook of Research on Empowering Early Childhood Educators With Technology
Creating a set of ordered steps (sequencing) and then doing them in a particular order to solve a problem or accomplish a task in a way that could be repeated by others (using an algorithm).
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Developing Preschoolers' Computational Thinking Skills Through Digital Gameplay
Heather Lavigne (Education Development Center, USA), Jillian Orr (WGBH Educational Foundation, USA), Marisa Wolsky (WGBH Educational Foundation, USA), Borgna Brunner (WGBH Educational Foundation, USA), and Amanda Wright (Kentucky Educational Television, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6888-0.ch016
Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of how digital media can be leveraged to support the exploration of developmentally appropriate computational thinking (CT) skills for preschoolers. These skills, named CT Core Ideas in the project team's framework, support children's abilities to tackle problems or goals using systematic, computational strategies. The authors describe a theoretical model that outlines the ways in which CT aligns with preschool math instruction, and how children can apply their CT skills through digital gameplay. This chapter also shares lessons learned from classroom research with teachers and children and describes several game prototypes that children played to practice their CT skills. At the end of the chapter, they provide recommendations for how educators can support young children's CT by integrating hands-on gameplay into classroom instruction.
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Towards the Development of a Game for Computational Thinking: Identifying Students' Needs and Interests
It is a method of solving by clearly defining the procedures required. Instead of coming up with a single solution to a problem, students create algorithms. When followed precisely (by a person or a computer), they are instructions or rules that lead to solutions to the original and related problems.
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Teaching Computational Thinking Unplugged: A Review of Tools and Methodologies
Thinking process used when creating algorithms, standing for using clear, well-defined and efficient steps in a problem-solving process.
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Computational Thinking Tools: Review and Current Status
The ability to develop a step-by-step solution to a problem or to understand the process of solving a problem.
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Computational Thinking in Innovative Computational Environments and Coding
A method for solving problems based on the clear definition of the steps needed.
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Enhancing Logic and Problem-Solving Skills in the Digital Age
The process of developing a step-by-step procedure or set of rules to solve a problem.
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Computational Thinking Self-Efficacy Perception for Progressive Learning in Malaysia: A Study of Validity and Reliability
Algorithm is considered an abstraction of a step-by-step process in taking the input for generating the expected output.
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