Thinking about computational thinking

By James J. Lu, George H. L. Fletcher. Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2009

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Computational Thinking in Elementary and Secondary Teacher Education (2014, background): “As discussed previously, Lu and Fletcher [2009] argued that using computational-thinking language in K-12 pedagogy would allow students to understand computational processes as well several examples from mathematics, science, and social sciences to show how computational thinking can be integrated…”
Computational thinking in compulsory education: Towards an agenda for research and practice (2015, background): “Lu and Fletcher (2009) illustrated how CT language and notation can be used in math (e.g. learning multiplication, charting information, finding square roots), social studies (understanding the assembly line), language arts (learning grammar), group projects in science and interdisciplinary…”
Computational thinking for youth in practice (2011, background): “2 THINKING FOR YOUTH IN PRACTICE In this paper, we respond to several recent calls to describe CT among youth and to identify strategies for integrating CT into K-12 settings [4][5][7].”