Teaching Fundamental Concepts of Informatics: 4th International Conference on Informatics in Secondary Schools - Evolution and Perspectives, ISSEP 2010, Zurich, Switzerland, January 13-15, 2010, Proceedings

by Juraj Hromkovic (Editor), Rastislav Královic (Editor), Jan Vahrenhold (Editor)

Overview

The International Conference on Informatics in Secondary Schools: Evolution and Perspective (ISSEP) is an emerging forum for researchers and practitioners in the area of computer science education with a focus on secondary schools. The ISSEP series started in 2005 in Klagenfurt, and continued in 2006 in Vilnius, and in 2008 in Torun. ´ The 4th ISSEP took part in Zurich. This volume presents 4 of the 5 invited talks and 14 regular contributions chosen from 32 submissions to ISSEP 2010. The ISSEP conference series is devoted to all aspects of computer science teaching. In the preface of the proceedings of ISSEP 2006, Roland Mittermeir wrote: “ISSEP aims at educating ‘informatics proper’ by showing the beauty of the discipline, hoping to create interest in a later professional career in c- puting, and it will give answers different from the opinion of those who used to familiarize pupils with the basics of ICT in order to achieve computer lit- acy for the young generation. ” This is an important message at this time, when several countries have reduced teaching informatics to educating about current software packages that change from year to year. ThegoalofISSEPistosupport teaching of the basic concepts and methods of informatics, thereby making it a subject in secondary schools that is comparable in depth and requirements with mathematics or natural sciences. As we tried to present in our book “Algori- mic Adventures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642113758
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	03/26/2010
Series:	Lecture Notes in Computer Science , #5941
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	207
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

Sustaining Informatics Education by Contests (Invited Talk) Valentina, Dagienė 1

Impasse, Conflict, and Learning of CS Notions (Invited Talk) David Ginat 13

K-12 Computer Science: Aspirations, Realities, and Challenges (Invited Talk) Allen B. Tucker 22

Perspective on Computer Science Education (Invited Talk) Amiram Yehudai 35

Didactics of Introduction to Computer Science in High School Michal Armoni Tamar Benaya David Ginat Ela Zur 36

Software Design Course for Leading CS In-Service Teachers Ofra Brandes Tamar Vilner Ela Zur 49

The Effect of Tangible Artifacts, Gender and Subjective Technical Competence on Teaching Programming to Seventh Graders Philipp Brauner Thiemo Leonhardt Martina Ziefle Ulrik Schroeder 61

The Difficulty of Programming Contests Increases Michal Forišek 72

Didactic Games for Teaching Information Theory Michal Forišek Monika Steinová 86

Collaborative Initiatives for Promoting Computer Science in Secondary Schools Irene Glendinning Margaret Low 100

Teaching Public-Key Cryptography in School Lucia Keller Dennis Komm Giovanni Serafini Andreas Sprock Björn Steffen 112

Towards a Methodical Approach for an Empirically Proofed Competency Model Johannes Magenheim Wolfgang Nelles Thomas Rhode Niclas Schaper 124

Having Fun with Computer Programming and Games: Teacher and Student Experiences Clare McInerney 136

Showing Core-Concepts of Informatics to Kids and Their Teachers Roland T. Mittermeir Ernestine Bischof Karin Hodnigg 143

Object-Oriented Modeling of Object-Oriented Concepts: A Case Study-in Structuring an Educational Domain Michela Pedroni Bertrand Meyer 155

Programming Camps: Letting Children Discover the computer Science Monika Steinová Juliana Šišková 170

Mission to Mars - A Study on Naming and Referring Michael Weigend 182

Long-Term Development of Software Projects - Students' Self-appreciation and Expectations Cecile Yehezkel Bruria Haberman 194

Author Index 207