Informatics Education - Supporting Computational Thinking Third International Conference on Informatics in Secondary Schools - Evolution and Perspectives, ISSEP 2008 Torun Poland, July 1-4, 2008 Proceedings /

Informatics Education – Supporting Computational Thinking contains papers presented at the Third International Conference on Informatics in Secondary Schools – Evolution and Perspective, ISSEP 2008, held in July 2008 in Torun, Poland. As with the proceedings of the two previous ISSEP conferences (20...

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Other Authors / Creators:Mittermeir, Roland. editor.
Syslo, Maciej M. editor.
Other Corporate Authors / Creators:SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Imprint: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Series:Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, 5090
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Online Access:Available in Springer Computer Science eBooks 2008 English/International.
Table of Contents:
  • Informatics, a Challenging Topic
  • The Challenging Face of Informatics Education in Poland
  • Bebras International Contest on Informatics and Computer Literacy: Criteria for Good Tasks
  • From Top Coders to Top IT Professionals
  • Didactical Merits of Robot-Based Instruction
  • Integrating Mathematical Analysis of Sensors and Motion in a Mobile Robotics Course
  • Visualization of Program Behaviors: Physical Robots Versus Robot Simulators
  • Development of an Educational System to Control Robots for All Students
  • Proposal for Teaching Manufacturing and Control Programming Using Autonomous Mobile Robots with an Arm
  • Transfer of Knowledge and Concept Formation
  • Design Disciplines and Non-specific Transfer
  • Like a (School of) Fish in Water (or ICT-Enhanced Skills in Action)
  • Duality Reconstruction – Teaching Digital Artifacts from a Socio-technical Perspective
  • What’s My Challenge? The Forgotten Part of Problem Solving in Computer Science Education
  • Bringing Abstract Concepts Alive. How to Base Learning Success on the Principles of Playing, Curiosity and In-Classroom Differentiation
  • Working with Objects and Programming
  • Analysis of Learning Objectives in Object Oriented Programming
  • To Have or to Be? Possessing Data Versus Being in a State – Two Different Intuitive Concepts Used in Informatics
  • Understanding Object Oriented Programming Concepts in an Advanced Programming Course
  • Spiral Teaching of Programming to 10–11 Year-Old Pupils After Passed First Training (Based on the Language C++)
  • Multi-facet Problem Comprehension: Utilizing an Algorithmic Idea in Different Contexts
  • VIPER, a Student-Friendly Visual Interpreter of Pascal
  • Analysis of Students’ Developed Programs at the Maturity Exams in Information Technologies
  • Strategies for Writing Textbooksand Teacher Education
  • Creating and Testing Textbooks for Secondary Schools
  • Informatics as a Contribution to the Modern Constructivist Education
  • New Methodology of Information Education with “Computer Science Unplugged”
  • Disciplinary-Pedagogical Teacher Preparation for Pre-service Computer Science Teachers: Rational and Implementation
  • Algorithm – Fundamental Concept in Preparing Informatics Teachers
  • Computer Science Teacher Training at the University of Groningen
  • Distance Learning Course for Training Teachers’ ICT Competence
  • National and International perspectives on ICT Education
  • Teaching Information Technology and Elements of Informatics in Lower Secondary Schools: Curricula, Didactic Provision and Implementation
  • Spreadsheet Knowledge and Skills of French Secondary School Students
  • Harmonization of Informatics Education – Science Fiction or Prospective Reality?
  • E-Learning
  • Development of E-Learning Design Criteria with Secure Realization Concepts
  • On the Technological Aspects of Generative Learning Object Development
  • Informational Technologies for Further Education of Latvian Province Teachers of Informatics.