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Outstanding, but I fear the curriculum wonks are confused about the nature of computer science. What needs to be taught is problem solving, quantitative thinki
by drallison 9y ago
Outstanding, but I fear the curriculum wonks are confused about the nature of computer science. What needs to be taught is problem solving, quantitative thinking, abstraction, algorithms, mathematics, statistics, numerical analysis, game theory, and so forth. Coding (that is, programming) is not part of the core of computer science. Making web pages is not part of the core, nor is communication via social media. Learning how to think rationally is at the core of computer science.
People (students and their elders) seem to have lost the ability to read and understand. The laws of rhetoric are no longer studied; fallacies are embraced everywhere. Many people find it difficult to distinguish between fake news and real news. Evidence is often ignored when making decisions.