Computational thinking
2006/03/01 by Jeannette M. Wing · 7,224 citations
Computer Science · #Computer science #Teaching and Learning Programming
paper · open access · doi:10.1145/1118178.1118215
published in Communications of the ACM 49(3), 33-35 (Association for Computing Machinery)
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Abstract
It represents a universally applicable attitude and skill set everyone, not just computer scientists, would be eager to learn and use.
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