Over the past few decades, Computational Thinking (CT) has gained widespread attention and been regarded as one of the essential skills required by those growing up in the digital era. To nurture the next generation to become creative problem-solvers, there is a growing need to implement CT education into the school curriculum. This book is an edited volume with a specific focus on CT education. The chapters were contributed by a group of world-renowned scholars and researchers, who pioneer research on CT education. To enable readers with various interests to advance their knowledge in this fresh yet important field, this book covers sub-themes that will be of interest to academics and educators, school teachers, policymakers and other readers. The sub-themes include CT and tool development, student competency and assessment, CT and programming education in K-12, CT in K-12 STEM education and non-formal learning, teacher and mentor development in K-12 education, and CT in educational policy and implementation. School teachers will be particularly interested in chapters in K-12 and K-12 STEM education; educators and academics will be interested in chapters in CT and tool development, student competency and assessment, and teacher and mentor development; policymakers will be particularly interested in chapters in policy and implementation; and readers, in general, will be interested in chapters in all sub-themes.

1. Introduction to Computational Thinking Education / Siu-Cheung Kong, Harold Abelson and Ming Lai -- Part I. Computational Thinking and Tool Development: 2. Computational Thinking—More Than a Variant of Scientific Inquiry! / H. Ulrich Hoppe and Sören Werneburg -- 3. MIT App Inventor: Objectives, Design, and Development / Evan W. Patton, Michael Tissenbaum and Farzeen Harunani -- Part II. Student Competency and Assessment: 4. Measuring Secondary School Students’ Competence in Computational Thinking in ICILS 2018—Challenges, Concepts, and Potential Implications for School Systems Around the World / Birgit Eickelmann -- 5. Computational Thinking Processes and Their Congruence with Problem-Solving and Information Processing / A. Labusch, B. Eickelmann and M. Vennemann -- 6. Combining Assessment Tools for a Comprehensive Evaluation of Computational Thinking Interventions / Marcos Romn-González, Jesús Moreno-León and Gregorio Robles -- 7. Introducing and Assessing Computational Thinking in the Secondary Science Classroom / Hillary Swanson, Gabriella Anton, Connor Bain, Michael Horn and Uri Wilensky -- 8. Components and Methods of Evaluating Computational Thinking for Fostering Creative Problem-Solvers in Senior Primary School Education / Siu-Cheung Kong -- Part III. Computational Thinking and Programming Education in K-12 -- 9. Learning Composite and Prime Numbers Through Developing an App: An Example of Computational Thinking Development Through Primary Mathematics Learning / Siu-Cheung Kong -- 10. Teaching Computational Thinking Using Mathematics Gamification in Computer Science Game Tournaments / Chee Wei Tan, Pei-Duo Yu and Ling Lin -- 11. Mathematics Learning: Perceptions Toward the Design of a Website Based on a Fun Computational Thinking-Based Knowledge Management Framework / Chien-Sing Lee and Pei-Yee Chan -- Part IV. Computational Thinking in K-12 STEM Education and Non-formal Learning -- 12. Defining and Assessing Students’ Computational Thinking in a Learning by Modeling Environment / Ningyu Zhang and Gautam Biswas -- 13. Roles, Collaboration, and the Development of Computational Thinking in a Robotics Learning Environment / P. Kevin Keith, Florence R. Sullivan and Duy Pham -- 14. Video Games: A Potential Vehicle for Teaching Computational Thinking / Sue Inn Ch’ng, Yeh Ching Low, Yun Li Lee, Wai Chong Chia and Lee Seng Yeong -- 15. Transforming the Quality of Workforce in the Textile and Apparel Industry Through Computational Thinking Education / Bessie Chong and Ronald Wong -- Part V. Teacher and Mentor Development in K-12 Education -- 16. Teaching Computational Thinking with Electronic Textiles: Modeling Iterative Practices and Supporting Personal Projects in Exploring Computer Science / Deborah A. Fields, Debora Lui and Yasmin B. Kafai -- 17. A Study of the Readiness of Implementing Computational Thinking in Compulsory Education in Taiwan / Ting-Chia Hsu -- 18. Self-development Through Service-Oriented StressAdaption-Growth (SOSAG) Process in the Engagement of Computational Thinking Co-teaching Education / Mani M. Y. Wong, Ron C. W. Kwok, Ray C. C. Cheung, Robert K. Y. Li and Matthew K. O. Lee -- Part VI. Computational Thinking in Educational Policy and Implementation -- 19. Educational Policy and Implementation of Computational Thinking and Programming: Case Study of Singapore / Peter Seow, Chee-Kit Looi, Meng-Leong How, Bimlesh Wadhwa and Long-Kai Wu -- 20. Teaching-Learning of Computational Thinking in K-12 Schools in India / Sridhar Iyer.