A pragmatic approach to develop computational thinking skills in novices in Computing Education

Author

Philip, Mintu ; Renumol, V.G. ; Gopeekrishnan, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Rajagiri Sch. of Eng. & Technol., Kochi, India

fYear

2013

fDate

20-22 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

199

Lastpage

204

Abstract

Fundamental skills acquired by undergraduate students during their academic, play a crucial role in their career. One such skill is computational thinking (CT), which will help to solve problems algorithmically using computers. Computational thinking will improve their problem solving skills in a non-conventional manner as this leads the student to think in multiple paths to reach the solution. However, it is a challenge in Computing Education to develop student´s ability to solve problems in an algorithmic way. The aim of this paper is to introduce a potential and pragmatic approach to develop computational thinking skills in novices.

Keywords

computer science education; CT; algorithmic way; computational thinking skills; computing education; nonconventional manner; novices; pragmatic approach; undergraduate students; Computational modeling; Computers; Educational institutions; Problem-solving; Programming profession; abstraction; algorithm; computational thinking; computing education; problem solving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MOOC Innovation and Technology in Education (MITE), 2013 IEEE International Conference in

Conference_Location

Jaipur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1625-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MITE.2013.6756334

Filename

6756334