[net-gold] INFORMATION LITERACY : COMPUTER LITERACY : COMPUTER: EDUCATION: Computer Science for the Rest of Us
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- Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 04:50:54 -0400 (EDT)
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INFORMATION LITERACY :
COMPUTER LITERACY :
COMPUTER: EDUCATION:
Computer Science for the Rest of Us
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Computer Science for the Rest of Us
By RANDALL STROSS
Published: March 31, 2012
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/business/
computer-science-for-non-majors-takes-many-forms.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/77nta4q
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In 2006, Jeannette M. Wing, head of the computer science department at
Carnegie Mellon University, wrote a manifesto arguing that basic literacy
should be redefined to include understanding of computer processes.
Computational thinking is a fundamental skill for everyone, not just for
computer scientists, she wrote. To reading, writing and arithmetic, we
should add computational thinking to every childs analytical ability.
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There is little agreement within the field, however, about what exactly
are the core elements of computational thinking. Nor is there agreement
about how much programming students must do, if any, in order to
understand it.
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Most important, the need for teaching computational thinking to all
students remains vague.
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At the college level, computer science courses intended for non-majors run
a gamut. In some classes, students start coding right away with a
mainstream language. Others exclude programming and examine social and
ethical issues related to computer use.
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At Carnegie Mellon, students who are not computer science majors are
invited to try Principles of Computation. It starts with a history of
computation, but in Week 2, students start learning the programming
language Ruby. Then the course covers iteration, recursion, random number
generators and other topics.
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Tom Cortina, who teaches the course, says that some students perceive the
programming as challenging, especially those who arent majoring in a field
of science, technology, engineering or mathematics and are not accustomed
to the preciseness required.
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Literacy implies reading and writing, so computer literacy suggests that
writing programs is a required skill for activity under this name, says
Henry M. Walker, a computer science professor at Grinnell. However,
general citizens may or may not have to write programs to function
effectively in this technological age. He prefers to promote computer
fluency, attainable without assignments in programming.
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Someday, the understanding of computational processes may be indispensable
for people in all occupations. But its not yet clear when well cross that
bridge from nice-to-know to must-know.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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