#625: Quantum Computational Thinking: A Conceptual Exploration

Computational Thinking (CT) frameworks have expanded over the past two decades to address technological advances and sociotechnical concerns, yet they remain grounded in classical, deterministic computational logic. Quantum information science introduces fundamentally different principles for representing and processing information, requiring learners to engage with non-intuitive, probabilistic, and relational forms of reasoning that depart from classical computational models. Drawing on frameworks by Brennan and Resnick and Kafai et al., we explore what Quantum Computational Thinking (QCT) might entail and open a dialogue about how the learning sciences community might prepare learners for a quantum-mediated world, with attention to access, democratic participation, and the challenges of developing new intuitions.