PPT-Computer Science and Computational Thinking Resources

LeenKiat Soh University of NEBRASKA LINCOLN nE CSTA Nebraska Huskers Computational Thinking Computational thinking is a fundamental skill for everyone not just for computer scientists To reading writing and arithmetic we should add computational thinking to every childs analytical ability. http://. uoregon.edu/~moursund/dave/index.htm. “Computational . thinking is a fundamental skill for everybody, not just for computer scientists. To reading, writing, and arithmetic, we should add computational thinking to every child’s analytical ability. . SciEnce. through Computational Thinking (DISSECT). Enrico Pontelli. What is NSF?. DISSECT – grant from the National Science Foundation. An independent . federal agency . created . by Congress in 1950 . Abstraction. Abstraction. Goals. What is abstraction?. Is it teachable?. How to assess?. Abstraction has two facets. “Removing detail to simplify and focus attention” [p38]. “identifying the common core or essence” [p38]. Jeannette M. Wing. Assistant Director. Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate. National Science Foundation. and. President’s Professor of Computer Science. Carnegie Mellon University. Class Overview. web site: www.cs.vt.edu/~kafura/CS6604. Origins. Term first used by Seymour . Papert. (1996) . [Snow 2012]. “. In . both . cases the computer used as a tool effectively . leads . to a solution, but in neither does the . POPL/PLDI more relevant. f. or the next generation?. Ras. Bodik (UC-Berkeley). Swarat. Chaudhuri (Penn State). Sumit Gulwani (MSR Redmond). With inputs from:. How . to make PL . relevant . 30 years from . NRC Report on Nature/Scope of CT. web site: www.cs.vt.edu/~kafura/CS6604. NRC Report. Sponsored by National Research Council. First of two reports. Not intended to produce or reflect a consensus among participants. Computational . Thinking. Presentation for Katedra Matematiky. Tuesday March 15, 2016. by . Sonya M. Armstrong, Ph.D. . Fulbright Professor – Katedra matematiky. Univerzita Mateja Bela. Professor - Department of Mathematics & Computer Science . web site: www.cs.vt.edu/~kafura/CS6604. Today’s Class. Meet faculty and researchers. From a variety of knowledge domains. With a variety of perspectives and experiences related to computational thinking. Authors: Kyu . Han . Koh et. al.. Presented . by : . Ali Anwar. ABOUT ME. B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan. M.Sc. Computer Engineering. , University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, . CS Principles – Big . I. deas. Computing is a creative human activity that engenders innovation and promotes exploration.. Abstraction reduces information and detail to focus on concepts relevant to understanding and solving problems.. web site: www.cs.vt.edu/~kafura/CS6604. NRC Report on Pedagogy for CT. Second of two workshops. Focused on K12 Education. Identified different approaches to the teaching of computational thinking. What do these approaches and ideas mean for the university level?. Enrico Pontelli. What is NSF?. DISSECT – grant from the National Science Foundation. An independent . federal agency . created . by Congress in 1950 . ". to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense. Assistant Director. Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate. National Science Foundation. and. President’s Professor of Computer Science. Carnegie Mellon University. University of .