Observing Computational Thinking Skills of Kindergarten Children

Abstract

Computational Thinking skills along with reading, writing, and calculating skills are basic skills for children’s future. Computational Thinking has much in common with problem-solving and creative thinking in general. With regard to Karl Popper "all life is problem-solving" [26], this contribution focuses on the common features of problem-solving and unplugged Computational Thinking, by using a special set of Computational Thinking tasks (INGA-Box). Choosing a mix of deductive and inductive approach, a classification scheme for observing the development of Computational Thinking in kindergarten was developed and evaluated with first datasets.