Teaching and research on assembly language for computational thinking

Assembly language is a foundation courses for science and technology of computers. Computational thinking emphasizes just like computer scientists thinking. It is one of basic skills to solve problems with the computer technology. How to develop student´s computational thinking is an urgent question in computer education. This paper analyzes the connotation of computational thinking, the embodiment of ability in assembly language and the process of formation; then proposes teaching programs of assembly language for computational thinking. In 2009 and 2010, cross-teaching experiments have been adopted between teachers and students. The feedback information from students shows that the introduction of computational thinking computing can help students to improve the professional ability. The teaching reform has achieved good results.