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Integrating computational thinking in elementary classrooms: Introducing a toolkit to support teachers.
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Las Vegas, NV, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-37-7 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Chesapeake, VA

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Driven by the need for students to be prepared for a world driven by computation, a number of recent educational reforms in science and mathematics have called for computational thinking concepts to be integrated into these content areas. However, in order for computational thinking (CT) to permeate K-12 education, we need to educate teachers about what CT ideas are and how they relate to what happens in their classroom on a day-to-day basis. This paper presents a toolkit to scaffold elementary teachers’ understanding of computational thinking ideas and how to integrate them into their lesson plans.

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Yadav, A., Larimore, R., Rich, K. & Schwarz, C. (2019). Integrating computational thinking in elementary classrooms: Introducing a toolkit to support teachers. In K. Graziano (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 347-350). Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved October 15, 2019 from .

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