PCK for Abstraction of Computational Thinking
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As we entered the age of technological disruption, teaching in schools has also evolved. There comes the scenario that teachers must teach things that they have no experience. And, computational thinking is one such thing. Computational thinking is not a new skill, yet has been in educational focus since past ten years. Thinking about the computational thinking skill in the past, we mostly associated this with people who work with computers or software development. However, as teachers become aware that this is the fundamental skill for students since primary levels, the challenge in teaching this skill has arisen; in particular, the cultivation of abstraction, which is considered to be the core part of computational thinking. To develop abstraction, teachers must considerately choose learning tools or activities to create learning and thinking experience. To assist teachers with the goal for computational thinking enhancement, this article presents the pedagogical content knowledge for abstraction of computational thinking, which links learning theory to pedagogical framework to promote computational thinking
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