Pensamiento Computacional

- bajado de la red no es mi trabajo -Operational Definition of Computational Thinking
for K–12 Education
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the Computer ScienceTeachers Association (CSTA) have collaborated with leaders from higher education, industry, and K–12 education to develop an operational definition of computational thinking. The operational definitionprovides a framework and vocabulary for computational thinking that will resonate with all K–12 educators. ISTE and CSTA gathered feedback by survey from nearly 700 computer science teachers, researchers,and practitioners who indicated overwhelming support for the operational definition.

Computational thinking (CT) is a problem-solving process that includes (but is not limited to) the followingcharacteristics:
• Formulating problems in a way that enables us to use a computer and other tools to help solve them. • Logically organizing and analyzing data • Representing data through abstractionssuch as models and simulations • Automating solutions through algorithmic thinking (a series of ordered steps) • Identifying, analyzing, and implementing possible solutions with the goal of achievingthe most efficient and effective combination of steps and resources • Generalizing and transferring this problem solving process to a wide variety of problems

These skills are supported andenhanced by a number of dispositions or attitudes that are essential dimensions of CT. These dispositions or attitudes include:
• Confidence in dealing with complexity • Persistence in working withdifficult problems • Tolerance for ambiguity • The ability to deal with open ended problems • The ability to communicate and work with others to achieve a common goal or solution

Copyright 2011.International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA). This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No....