Computational Thinking in the STEM Disciplines: Foundations and Research Highlights

FOREWORD, Punya Mishra and Danah Henriksen.- PART I: FOUNDATIONS IN COMPUTATIONAL THINKING.- Strategies for Developing Computational Thinking, Myint Swe Khine.- Characteristics of Studies Conducted on Computational Thinking: A Content Analysis, Filiz Kalelioglu.- Microworlds, Objects First, Computational Thinking and Programming, Greg Michaelson.- Toward a Phenomenology of Computational Thinking in STEM Education, Pratim Sengupta, Amanda Dickes, Amy Farris.- Strictly Objects First: A Multi-Purpose Course on Computational Thinking, Johannes Krugel, Peter Hubwieser.- Introducing Computational Thinking through Spreadsheets, John Sanford.- PART II: COMPUTATIONAL THINKING AND TEACHER EDUCATION.- Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Promote Computational Thinking in School Classrooms, Charoula Angeli, Kamini Jaipal-Jamani.- Computational Thinking in K-12: In-service Teacher Perceptions of Computational Thinking, Phil Sands, Aman Yadav and Jon Good.- Computational Thinking Curriculum and Teacher Professional Development in South Korea, Soohwan Kim, Hae Young Kim .- PART III: COMPUTATIONAL THINKING IN SCHOOLS AND HIGHER EDUCATION.- Exploring the Scope and the Conceptualization of Computational Thinking at the K-12 Classroom Level Curriculum, Georgios Fessaki, Vasilis Komis, Elisavet Mavroudi and Stavroula Prantsoudi.- Introducing Coding and Computational Thinking in the Schools: TACCLE 3 Coding Project Experience, Francisco J. García-Peñalvo, Daniela Reimann, Christiane Maday.- Case Studies of Elementary Children's Engagement in Computational Thinking through Scratch Programming, Sze Yee Lye.- Higher Education Development Centre, Joyce Hwee Ling Koh.- Integrating Computational Thinking in School Curriculum, Mehmet Aydeniz.- Susceptibility to Learn Computational Thinking against STEM Attitudes and Aptitudes, Ana Calderon.- Mapping Computational Thinking for a Transformative Pedagogy, Michael Vallance, Phillip A. Towndrow.