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Computational thinking in the era of data science

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Incorporating data thinking into computer science education.

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      Communications of the ACM  Volume 65, Issue 8
      August 2022
      91 pages
      ISSN:0001-0782
      EISSN:1557-7317
      DOI:10.1145/3550455
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      • James Larus
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