Computational Thinking in the STEM Disciplines

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.

Dr. Myint Swe Khine is a Professor and Chair of Assessment and Evaluation Centre, Emirates College for Advanced Education, United Arab Emirates and Adjunct Professor at the STEM Education Research Group,, Curtin University, Perth, Australia. He obtained Master degrees from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA and University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, and Doctor of Science Education from Curtin University, Australia. Before joining ECAE, he worked at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He has published widely and edited books on science, technology and STEM education. Recent book Science -spatial Ability in STEM Education: Transforming Research into Practice is published by Springer in 2017.