WEEK 7 COMPUTATIONAL THINKING

Your name: DeJuan Jones

Your classroom (Provide a brief description of your classroom/grade/subject/specialization, etc):

I have a third grade classroom where I teach all of the subjects. In addition, we have a computer class
that meets once a week.

Based on the definitions provided by this week and last week’s articles, along with the
examples on p. 52 of this week’s article, complete the chart below to provide specific
examples of how you would encourage CT and problem solving in your classroom.

CT Principle How you would define it How would it manifest in your

(in your own words) class

Assembling together information In math, we could collect data

Data Collection for something.
Looking critically into the
Data Analysis information to find a solution.
Different ways to illustrate
Data Representation information.
Breaking a big task into smaller,
Problem Decomposition more manageable tasks.
Taking smaller pieces to
Abstraction produce the big picture.
on what on dice rolls for
statistics.
Using the data from the dice
rolls, we would analyze the
probability of what number the
dice will show.
This date can be displayed
through text, bar graph, pie
graphs, and various other forms.
In language arts, breaking a 5-
page paper into each individual
paragraph.
In social studies, dividing World
War II into each individual battle.

A way to do something coupled In math, putting a problem into a

Algorithms and Procedures
Automation
with the steps to achieve the
goal.
Technology that performs
without human assistance.
formula.
After learning the multiplication
chart, my students will be able to
look at a problem like 7x4 and
give me the correct answer
 swiftly.
Completing multiple similar tasks In science, have an experiment
Parallelization simultaneously. that tests two similar things but
change a variable to determine
the change.
Copying or imitating something. In Language Arts, reading a play
Simulation then acting it out to have a
strong visual representation.