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Modelling Zombies and Other Diseases

Faron Moller Orcid Logo, Stewart Powell, Phoebe Asplin, Daniel Archambault Orcid Logo, Cagatay Turkay, Graham McNeill, Max Sondag Sondag

Proceedings of the Sixth APSCE International Conference on Computational Thinking and STEM Education, Pages: 18 - 21

Swansea University Authors: Faron Moller Orcid Logo, Stewart Powell, Daniel Archambault Orcid Logo, Max Sondag Sondag

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Computational thinking (CT) has been integrated into K- 12 curricula globally. With the growing trend of initiating CT in early childhood education, great effort has been made in developing age-appropriate courses targeting young children. This study aims to introduce an instructional unit of CT ins...

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ISBN: 978-94-6366-563-6
Published: Delft, The Netherlands TU Delft OPEN Publishing 2022
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