With limited time in the curriculum, teaching computer science works best when lessons weave CS into language arts, math, or science. For elementary teachers, an integrative approach to CS education allows them to address these concepts in the existing core content areas. Secret Coders, the six-issue graphic novel series written by Gene Luen Yang and Mike Holmes, does an excellent job of integrating computer science practices from the K–12 Computer Science Framework and the five elements of computational thinking (abstraction,...
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