Computational thinking skills in Dutch secondary education

Abstract

Computational Thinking is regarded as a necessary analytical skill for young people in the present day information society. We report on an ongoing design research project on Computational Thinking (CT) skills in Dutch secondary computer science (CS) education. The first phase of the project investigates the occurrence and nature of typical CT aspects in existing CS teaching materials, teacher's pedagogical content knowledge and policy documents. In the poster we focus on the overall research design and on the method and preliminary results of the first phase.