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Developing computational thinking through pattern recognition in early years education

Ana C. Calderon, Tom Crick Orcid Logo, Catherine Tryfona

Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference, Pages: 259 - 260

Swansea University Author: Tom Crick Orcid Logo

DOI (Published version): 10.1145/2783446.2783600

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Alongside recent UK initiatives on computing education, coupled with demands for the development of broader societal digital competencies, we propose that computational thinking skills can be taught to early year students and highlight a method for teaching a specific aspect, namely pattern recognit...

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Published in: Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference
ISBN: 978-1-4503-3643-7
Published: Lincoln, UK ACM 2015
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