# Computational Thinking

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Early personal computing opened up the realm of ‘computational thinking’ to a wide audience. This is not simply the discipline of computer programming. It’s a new general approach to problem-solving that uses algorithms, patterns, abstractions, and experimentation to vastly extend and augment traditional deductive reasoning.

Some resources

Brin, D. (2006) _Why Johnny Can’t Code._ [Salon](https://www.salon.com/2006/09/14/basic_2/)

- An argument for free, pervasive, ad-hoc coding in education
- The utility of the BASIC language

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Brodie, L. (1981) _Starting Forth_. [Forth.inc](https://www.forth.com/starting-forth/)

- A fun and compelling introduction to FORTH

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Will, M. (2015) _Forth: A Syntonic Language_. [scidata.ca](https://www.scidata.ca/forth-a-syntonic-language/)

- Why FORTH is a natural language for Computational Thinking
- Written using hiking as a metaphor

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Wing, J. (2006) _Computational Thinking_. [ACM](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~15110-s13/Wing06-ct.pdf)

- The classic introduction to Computational Thinking