Prof. Dr. Borislav Lazarov
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Bulgaria)
https://doi.org/10.53656/voc23-210obra
Absract. Under consideration is an operationalization of the Weintrop taxonomy of computational thinking through some test items from the competition papers of the “Chernorizets Hrabar” math tournament for primary school students. A didactic analysis was made on a sample of educational objectives that require certain activities classified as types of computational thinking in the taxonomy. Based on statistical processing of the students' achievements, conclusions are drawn about the possibilities of forming and developing certain types of computational thinking in the primary education. It is illustrated by examples how specific educational goals are related with corresponding computational thinking in different contexts. The benefit of early development of computational thinking in students for their potential realization in STEM professional fields is substantiated.
Keywords: computational thinking; Chernorizec Hrabar Tournament; Weintrop taxonomy; primary math education