Understanding Humans' Cognitive Processes During Computational Thinking Through Cognitive Science.

Human-computer interaction is a diverse field covering disciplines such as computer technology, human factors, and cognitive science to name a few. Over the past several years, the information age has developed to incorporate a society that intentionally and unintentionally interacts with computing technology every day. The field of computational thinking in human-computer interaction is expanding and incorporating multidisciplinary fields such as psychology and software principles. Research has been conducted in the past regarding the background, social impact and innovation, and a new direction in social computing/ issues in HCI. HCI is a diverse, expansive field covering many aspects and disciplines in computer science, the humanities, and others. Computational thinking, a subfield of HCI, explores the way humans process problems, and use problem-solving skills and analogies to solve complex, or seemingly difficult problems (Wing 2006). This research project will be conducted to understand computational thinking in people, along with determining the existing relationship between cognitive science and HCI.