DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ DECOMPOSITION THINKING  IN TEACHING INFORMATICS AT THE BASIC EDUCATION STAGE

Nguyen Nguyen Huong; Ho Cam Ha

Nguyen Nguyen Huong*	nghuongk45a1@gmail.com	Hanoi Metropolitan University 98 Duong Quang Ham street, Cau Giay district, Hanoi, Vietnam
Ho Cam Ha	hahocam@gmail.com	Hanoi National University of Education 136 Xuan Thuy street, Cau Giay district, Hanoi, Vietnam

Summary:

Computational thinking, which many international educational scientists have researched, has been one of the national educational goals of many countries. In Vietnam, developing computational thinking with a crucial component of students’ decomposition thinking is also shown in the 2018 Informatics Curriculum. This article focuses on analyzing decomposition thinking, clarifying its cognitive psychological basis, and the opportunity to develop it in Informatics subject in the 2018 General Education Curriculum. From there, the article proposes orientations and methods for teaching Informatics to establish students’ decomposition thinking at the basic education stage.

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Keywords:

Decomposition

decomposition thinking

computational thinking

solving problems

teaching Informatics

the basic education stage.

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Journal:

No. 1, May 2024

VIETNAM JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

THE VIETNAM NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ DECOMPOSITION THINKING IN TEACHING INFORMATICS AT THE BASIC EDUCATION STAGE