Open AccessInformatical Thinking
Author(s) -
Michael Lodi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
olympiads in informatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.13
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2335-8955
pISSN - 1822-7732
DOI - 10.15388/ioi.2020.09
Subject(s) - narrative , discipline , informatics , computational thinking , epistemology , computer science , psychology , engineering ethics , cognitive science , mathematics education , sociology , engineering , social science , linguistics , philosophy , electrical engineering
In this paper, we reviewed many definitions of computational thinking, finding theyshare a lot of common elements, of very different nature. We classified them in mental processes, methods, practices, and transversal skills. Many of these elements seem to be shared with other disciplines and resonate with the current narrative on the importance of 21st-century skills. Our classification helps on shedding light on the misconceptions related to each of the four categories, showing that, not to dilute the concept, elements of computational thinking should be intended inside the discipline of Informatics, being its “disciplinary way of thinking”.