Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Bead Games, or, Getting Started in Computational Thinking Without a Computer

  • Computational Diversions
  • Published:
International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4

References

  • Done, P. (2009). Close encounters of the third-grade kind. New York: Center Street.

    Google Scholar 

  • National Research Council. (2010). Workshop Report on the Scope and Nature of Computational Thinking. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.

  • Wing, J. (2006). Computational thinking. Communications of the ACM, 49(3), 3–35.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wolfram, S. (2002). A new kind of science. Champaign, IL: Wolfram Media.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wolfram, S. (2005). On starting a long-term company. Transcript of a talk available at: http://www.stephenwolfram.com/publications/recent/ycombinatorschool/.

Download references

Acknowledgments

The work described in this paper was partially supported by the National Science Foundation under award no. IIS0856003. Thanks to Ann Eisenberg for constructing the framework for the “Game of Life display” in Fig. 4.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

    Michael Eisenberg

Authors
  1. Michael Eisenberg
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Michael Eisenberg.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Eisenberg, M. Bead Games, or, Getting Started in Computational Thinking Without a Computer. Int J Comput Math Learning 15, 161–166 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-010-9167-5

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-010-9167-5

Keywords

Search

Navigation