Exploring the Effect of Teaching Methods on Students’ Learning of School Informatics

Abstract

School informatics is a relatively new subject in comparison with mathematics. As a result, there is much less research in informatics education. Likewise, there is lack of theoretical grounding of didactics of informatics in general and school informatics in particular. The lack of research in the field of school informatics makes it difficult to identify which methods are effective to teach the subject. In addition, despite the emphasis on a set of well-defined topics, the New National Curriculum in Norway makes few suggestions as to which didactical skills teachers need to acquire in order to teach informatics-related subjects. In fact, school informatics is still in its infancy. It lacks an extensive research base of materials that can be used to achieve educational goals and learning outcomes. The main research objective of this work is to investigate the effectiveness of teaching methods and their impact on learning school informatics.

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