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How Do You Assess Computational Thinking?

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Judy Robertson

March 3, 2010

There is a big buzz in the field about computational thinking just now. But what is it really? How do you assess it? I offer an initial assessment for a subset of these skills: all comments appreciated!

Hello Judy, I am a school district administrator in Scott County, Indiana. I am working on finding a reliable and valid method to assessing Computational Thinking. Since you wrote your original Blog in 2010, do you have any updates to share?
Phil

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