Exploration and Practice of Computational Thinking Training at University Computer Courses

Abstract

Aiming at the problems existed in university computer courses, application-oriented curriculum reform aimed at cultivating the ability of computational thinking was investigated. The quality of teaching will be improved by the teaching reform, if teaching objectives, teaching process and teaching methods were improved. It is the purpose of teaching to improve the computational thinking ability, and to teach the basic ideas and ways of computing disciplines; Teaching process including information processing, typical case studying, and practical training; Using scene and teaching-and-learning environment designed carefully which includes case and task allocation to stimulate students' interest in learning. Furthermore, through combining classroom, laboratory and extracurricular self-taught to form multi-scene, multi-task interaction to achieve teaching objectives. Key words—computational thinking, university computer, teaching case