Is abstraction the key to computing?

By J. Kramer. CACM, 2007

489 citations recorded by the source corpus.

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

Integrating computational thinking with K-12 science education using agent-based computation: A theoretical framework (2013, background): “In general, computational thinking involves being able to reason at multiple levels of abstraction (Kramer, 2007), mathematical reasoning, and design-based thinking (Wing, 2008).”
The State of Practice in Model-Driven Engineering (2014, unknown): “Although this issue clearly relates to a company’s level of MDE maturity, the results also suggest that we have only a very limited understanding of abstract thinking in software development – an observation also made by others [9].”
Developing a computer science-specific learning taxonomy (2007, background): “Moving on from this, in their more recent paper [22] they describe their experiences with designing and developing learning tools”
A survey of literature on the teaching of introductory programming (2007, background): “Possibilities for such themes include abstraction [60] and components [51].”