Computational Thinking in the STEM Disciplines Foundations and Resea

This book covers studies of computational thinking related to linking, infusing, and embedding computational thinking elements to school curricula, teacher education and STEM related subjects. Presenting the distinguished and exemplary works by educators

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Computational Thinking in the STEM Disciplines Foundations and Research Highlights

Computational Thinking in the STEM Disciplines

Myint Swe Khine Editor

Computational Thinking in the STEM Disciplines Foundations and Research Highlights

Editor Myint Swe Khine Emirates College for Advanced Education Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Curtin University Bentley, Australia

ISBN 978-3-319-93565-2 ISBN 978-3-319-93566-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93566-9

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Foreword

The future is already here. It’s just unevenly distributed — William Gibson A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about — Douglas Adams

In 1943, Thomas Watson, then president of International Business Machines (aka IBM) made one of the most inaccurate predictions ever. Speaking of the future of the computer business he said, “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” Clearly, he missed the mark by a few billion in sheer numbers. But more importantly he missed the mark in seeing the dramatic shift in human life and culture that would occur. Computers are everywhere today. They drive our work, our society, and our lives in almost every way imaginable. They pervade our reality. So much so that if computers and digital technology suddenly vanished or shut down, global communication, information, and society would come to a grinding halt. From giant supercomputing machines that can cr