Assessing Computational Thinking: May 2012 ScratchEd Webinar
Contributed by
ScratchEd Team, May 31, 2012
In the May 2012 ScratchEd Webinar, Karen Brennan and Michelle Chung from the ScratchEd Team discuss different forms and approaches to assessing students' understandings of computational thinking.
During the presentation, Karen shared a definition of "computational thinking" comprised of:
- computational thinking concepts
- computational thinking practices
- computational thinking perspectives
Karen then discussed some strengths and limitations to three assessment strategies that the ScratchEd Team has been researching and co-developing with Education Development Center (EDC):
- project analysis
- artifact-based analysis
- design scenarios
Afterwards, Michelle offered example asessements from the ScratchEd resources section that highlight six guides for developing assessments:
- guide #1: supporting further learning
- guide #2: incorporating artifacts
- guide #3: illuminating processes
- guide #4: checking in at multiple waypoints
- guide #5: valuing multiple ways of knowing
- guide #6: including multiple perspectives
The presentation slides are attached below.
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During this presentation, Karen mentioned that she would post the interview protocols for measuring computational perspectives. I looked through the site and couldn't find these - could you post a link to the protocols? I'm interested in how that aspect was examined and assessed. Thanks!