Computational Thinking Across the Curriculum
By Eli Sheldon
March 30, 2017
Four of the skills used to solve computer science problems can be applied in other classes as well.
As defined by Jeannette Wing, computational thinking is “a way of solving problems, designing systems, and understanding human behavior by drawing on the concepts of computer science.” To the students at my school, it’s an approach to tackling challenging questions and ambiguous puzzles. We explicitly integrate computational thinking into all of our classes, allowing students to draw parallels between what they’re learning and how they’re approaching problems across all disciplines.
Our students rely on four computational thinking skills; algorithmic thinking, decomposition, abstraction, pattern recognition as well as a set of essential attitudes.
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