What’s the Difference Between Coding and Computational Thinking?

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What’s the Difference Between Coding and Computational Thinking?

August 6, 2016

Sheena Vaidyanathan

Sheena Vaidyanathan (@sheena1010) is an EdSurge columnist and teaches computer science as part of a weekly program to approximately 500 sixth graders in Los Altos School District in California.

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