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<p class="MsoNormal">Or computational thinking that has a machine-readable form to facilitate cognitive offload of certain mechanical aspects.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Edward Angel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 27, 2021 1:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] coding versus music<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Going back to Dave’s original post, to me a big part of the issue is what is meant by “coding.” Unfortunately for manys in CS education, coding has come to refer only to the very last step in a complex process; namely, converting a final
detailed set of instructions into computer code for a particular computer language. This is especially true of what as happened in the schools with programs that claim to teach coding and STEM. It’s why many of us prefer to use the term “computational thinking”
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<p class="MsoNormal">If coding is just the final step (which could be replaced by a machine, if not now but soon) then it would be orthogonal to all these other skills.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ed<o:p></o:p></p>
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Ed Angel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)<br>
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico<br>
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1017 Sierra Pinon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Santa Fe, NM 87501<br>
505-984-0136 (home)<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span> <span class="apple-tab-span">
</span><a href="mailto:angel@cs.unm.edu">angel@cs.unm.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">505-453-4944 (cell) <span class="apple-tab-span">
</span><a href="http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel">http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Jan 27, 2021, at 10:41 AM, Prof David West <<a href="mailto:profwest@fastmail.fm">profwest@fastmail.fm</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For a while now there has been a huge push to teach kids how to code. Ostensibly because it enhances skills like language, logic, and math; plus, "computer literacy" is essential
in a world filled with computers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A study at MIT suggests that coding skill is orthogonal to reading skill and has little, if any, influence on development of logic/math skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An article in the Journal of Neuroscience argues that if you want to increase the "skills and brainpower" of kids you should teach them music.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I came across this information peripherally and have not read the specific research reported on. I<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><u>want</u></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the
reports to be accurate representation of the research because it confirms long held biases against the value of "computational thinking" and computer science as a fundamental knowledge domain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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