Computational thinking and thinking about computing

Jeannette M. Wing1
1Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

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Computational thinking will influence everyone in every field of endeavour. This vision poses a new educational challenge for our society, especially for our children. In thinking about computing, we need to be attuned to the three drivers of our field: science, technology and society. Accelerating technological advances and monumental societal demands force us to revisit the most basic scientific questions of computing.

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