PPT-Computational Thinking Jeannette M. Wing

Assistant Director Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate National Science Foundation and Presidents Professor of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University University of . 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. Enrico Pontelli. Department of Computer Science. New Mexico State University. The buzzword…. “Computational Thinking” . The thought processes involved in formulating problems and their solutions so that the solutions are represented in a form that can be effectively carried out by an information processing agent [Wing-. 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 . 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. 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?. Jeannette M. Wing. Assistant Director. Computer and Information Science and Engineering. National Science Foundation. and. President’s Professor of Computer Science. Carnegie Mellon University. Forum in Information and Communication Technology Research 2010 (ICTRF2010). Science and Engineering (CISE). Jeannette M. Wing. Assistant Director. The Computing (R)Evolution. 1935. 1946. 2008. …. 2010. Credit: Apple, Inc.. iPad. NSF. 3. CISE Overview. Jeannette M. Wing. 4. Thinking Decomposition Pattern Recognition Abstraction Algorithms COMPUTATIONAL THINKING Computational Thinking refers to the processes/approaches which are used to formulate a problem in a manner s Computational Thinking. 1. Dr. Hyrum Carroll. (based on material from Hillary . Fleenor. ) . Time. 2. Computer science deals with solving problems using computing. . Researchers call this type of problem solving computational thinking.