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Computational thinking for teacher education

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Aman Yadav,

Chris Stephenson,

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 60, Issue 4

Pages 55 - 62

https://doi.org/10.1145/2994591

Published: 24 March 2017 Publication History

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This framework for developing pre-service teachers' knowledge does not necessarily depend on computers or other educational technology.

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April 2017

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DOI:10.1145/3069398

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