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The Next Generation Science Standards call for science teachers to bring more "computational thinking" into middle school science. Two pilot projects at the American Educational Research Association meeting highlight why that's difficult, and two potential ways to do it.
Computational thinking draws on concepts from computer science—including organizing and analyzing data and modeling—to link science, technology, engineering, and math concepts and help students think about complex problems. As the use of technology and complex problem-solving becomes a bigger part of the workplace, education and business leaders alike have pushed for the concept to become a bigger part of STEM classes.
