Abstract The Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia implemented a new computer science curriculum in 2008. There was speculation that many computer science teachers did not possess sufficient knowledge of computational thinking needed to teach this subject. To investigate this topic, a quantitative research study was conducted with 55 male computer science teachers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Results of the study revealed that most of the computer science teachers had a low conceptual level of computational thinking, and some of the teachers had misconceptions about the exact nature of computational thinking. Findings indicated that computer science teachers did indeed need more training in what computational thinking means and how to teach this subject.

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探索沙特计算机科学教师的计算思维技能的概念掌握水平

摘要沙特阿拉伯教育部于2008年实施了新的计算机科学课程。有人猜测，许多计算机科学教师没有足够的计算机思维知识来教授该学科。为了调查这个主题，在沙特阿拉伯利雅得与55位男性计算机科学老师进行了定量研究。研究结果表明，大多数计算机科学教师的计算思维概念水平较低，并且一些教师对计算思维的确切性质有误解。调查结果表明，计算机科学教师确实确实需要更多的培训，以了解计算思维的含义以及如何教授该学科。