Computer Science Education in Secondary Schools -- The Introduction of a New Compulsory Subject

Hubwieser, Peter

doi:10.1145/2382564.2382568

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“…Lye and Koh (2014) review 27 studies concerned with CT through programming across K-12 (the 5-to 18-year-old age range) and HE sectors, with only 9 in the K-12 sector. A separate report (Hubwieser 2012) looks at the implementation of a CS curriculum in gymnasia (selective high schools) in the State of Bavaria, Germany, over a period of some 9 years. A compulsory CS element of the curriculum is introduced for learners aged 11 to 12 years (grades 6 and 7), but CS is then optional as a subject elective for learners from 14 years of age (in grades 9 to 12).…”

Section: Evidence Of Implementation Of Cs In Compulsory Curriculamentioning

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“…Of particular note, however, was that data reported from teachers indicated girls' performance in CS declined across grades 6 to 12, while the performance of boys increased. According to Hubwieser (2012) this, and other decreases in performance, were attributed to the fact that "the introduction into object-oriented programming in this grade represents one of the most crucial points of our concept" (p.30).…”

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“…In terms of the effects upon CS applications for university, Hubwieser (2012) found that the first cohort of learners graduating from gymnasia in Bavaria led to a vast increase in proportions of applications for CS courses at his University. It will be important to see if this indicator will be sustained, and whether numbers of applicants for CS courses will increase in the future.…”

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Computer science (CS) in the compulsory education curriculum: Implications for future research

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2016

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The subject of computer science (CS) and computer science education (CSE) has relatively recently arisen as a subject for inclusion within the compulsory school curriculum. Up to this present time, a major focus of technologies in the school curriculum has in many countries been on applications of existing technologies into subject practice (both software such as office applications, and hardware such as robots and sensors). Through uses of these applications, information and communications technologies (ICT) have focused on activities to support subject and topic learning (across wide age and subject ranges). Very recently, discussions for including computers in the curriculum have shifted to a much greater focus on computing and CS, more concerned with uses of and development of programming, together with fundamental principles of problem-solving and creativity. This paper takes a policy analysis approach; it considers evidence of current implementation of CSE in school curricula, the six main arguments for wider-scale introduction of the subject, the implications for researchers, schools, teachers and learners, the state of current discussions in a range of countries, and evidence of outcomes of CSE in compulsory curricula. The paper concludes by raising key questions for the future from a policy analysis perspective.

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“…Theory and technology of personalized learning system equipped with the mechanisms of the meta-analysis of personal data of the achievements described in the works of Kulik, Kulik & Cohen (1979) and the works of Rosenberg (2005) are closest to authors attitude. In that article authors enrich mentioned above theory and technology with implementation of phased algorithm to improve joint research of masters, solving more complex modern information-oriented educational tasks (Hubwieser, 2012). Diane, Angelo & Cross (1995) in their works addressed to such factors as rhythm and regularity and it was mentioned that in line with them multiple cognitive operations are running (Salomon, 2016).…”

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Cooperative Research Projects of Master’s Students (Education Programs) in the Open Informational Educational Environment

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Grunis

2017

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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Relevance of the research problem stems from the need to meet the challenges of personal growth of each participant of the educational process, a productive exchange of information and personalized contribution to the overall result of the conducted educational research. The aim of this paper is to improve joint training activities as the basis for future studies of masters that will be implemented in an open information and education space. The key approach to the study of the problems of the joint educational researches relies on the conceptual ideas of experiments conducting in joint environment in which access to individual and shared data in an open information education environment is restricted. Theoretical and technological tools were developed for working with factorial data of collaborative research in open educational environment. As a result these conceptual ideas were formulated for joint training of master's studies: the stages to improve joint research activities were grounded, the technology of forming joint bank of comparable research materials was created, the system of algorithms for collaborative (joint) working with experimental data was proposed, the strategy ensuring the adequacy of the joint pilot materials for attaining general and private purposes was worked out. This strategy also should be applied to the value and usefulness of collected data. The collected, studied, processed and presented in the paper unique experimental material can be useful both for solving current individual research tasks of undergraduates and for the development of new roles in research.

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“…Mayer 25 provides a recent book on the topic and the many paths people have taken in the field of learning programming languages. Topics in this area greatly vary from programming in K-12 education 26 to specifics of object-oriented programming 27 .…”

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verilogTown - Improving Students Learning Hardware Description Language Design - Verilog - with a Video Game

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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In this work, we present our game, verilogTown, as an aid to students learning Verilog.The reason for such a game comes from our experiences teaching digital system design where we observed a challenge for second year students learning to design with the Verilog hardware description language (HDL). In this work, we speculate why it is hard to learn an HDL, claiming that like learning all languages, the students do not play/use the language enough to develop an understanding of them (including Verilog). A student's typical process of learning Verilog includes class examples and assignments, labs, and a project, but like learning more traditional programming languages, until a learner spends significant time using a language to build something, these experiences only result in a basic understanding. verilogTown was created to provide students with a medium to play with Verilog in an engaging and safe environment. The hope is that instead of simply completing a working design for a class, students will be challenged by the game puzzles and will spend significantly more time with Verilog design. Our comparison on exam performance in 2014 and 2015 without and with verilogTown suggests that our game impacts student Verilog understanding.

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Computer Science Education in Secondary Schools -- The Introduction of a New Compulsory Subject

Cited by 85 publications

References 41 publications

Computer science (CS) in the compulsory education curriculum: Implications for future research

Computer science (CS) in the compulsory education curriculum: Implications for future research

Cooperative Research Projects of Master’s Students (Education Programs) in the Open Informational Educational Environment

verilogTown - Improving Students Learning Hardware Description Language Design - Verilog - with a Video Game

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