Computational thinking for teacher education
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This framework for developing pre-service teachers' knowledge does not necessarily depend on computers or other educational technology.
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CT design activities and subject matter are utilised to support students in engaging in HOTS and increasing their involvement in their studies.
“CT design activities and subject matter are utilised to support students in engaging in HOTS and increasing their involvement in their studies (Yadav et al. 2017).”
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- Authors
- Yadav, A., Stephenson, C., & Hong, H.
- Affiliations
- Michigan State University (US)
- Google (United States) (US)
- ORCID
- Yadav, Aman
- Venue
- Communications of the ACM
- Published
- 2017-03-24
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 55-62
- ISSN
- 0001-0782 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-7317
- OpenAlex
- W2599518471
- Cited by
- 382
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 35 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 42 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 60 · 2021: 59 · 2020: 42 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 8
- FWCI
- 35.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Communications of the ACM (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Teaching and Learning Programming
- Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
- Social Sciences › Education › Science Education and Pedagogy
- Keywords
- computational thinking, teacher professional development, pre-service teachers, teacher knowledge development, educational technology
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