Digitizing Data: Computational Thinking for Middle School Students through Computer Graphics
| dc.contributor.author | Cutler, Robb | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Hutton, Michelle | en_US |
| dc.contributor.editor | L. Kjelldahl and G. Baronoski | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-03-07T16:22:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-03-07T16:22:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The concept of digitized data is fundamental to computer science, yet for many students, there is a disconnect between objects they encounter outside the computer and the data they interact with in the computer. A programmingbased approach can exacerbate the problem for young students who are developmentally unready for the abstraction required to translate the world into objects described through the syntax of a programming language. This case study describes the creation of a curricular unit called Digitizing Data, delivered in an eighth grade all-girls computer science class. The unit extends the CS Unplugged Image Representation lesson into a series of coordinated projects, culminating in students using a custom-built application to visualize three-dimensional objects and spaces. The project successfully engaged students in computational thinking, communicated a fundamental computer science topic without the barriers of programming, and allowed them to express computer science concepts creatively. | en_US |
| dc.description.sectionheaders | ED1: Enhancement of Education Methods | en_US |
| dc.description.seriesinformation | Eurographics 2010 - Education Papers | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.2312/eged.20101011 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.pages | 17-24 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.2312/eged.20101011 | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The Eurographics Association | en_US |
| dc.title | Digitizing Data: Computational Thinking for Middle School Students through Computer Graphics | en_US |
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