Informatics in Schools. Sustainable Informatics Education for Pupils of all Ages

1. Front Matter

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2. Keynotes

   1. The Darmstadt Model: A First Step towards a Research Framework for Computer Science Education in Schools

      • Peter Hubwieser

      Pages 1-14

   2. Computer Science in Secondary Schools in the UK: Ways to Empower Teachers

      • Sue Sentance, Mark Dorling, Adam McNicol

      Pages 15-30

3. From Computer Usage to Computational Thinking

   1. Informatics in the French Secondary Curricula: Recent Moves and Perspectives

      • Françoise Tort, Béatrice Drot-Delange

      Pages 31-42

   2. Informatics for All High School Students

      • Maciej M. Sysło, Anna Beata Kwiatkowska

      Pages 43-56

4. Algorithmic and Computational Thinking

   1. Novice Difficulties with Interleaved Pattern Composition

      • David Ginat, Eti Menashe, Amal Taya

      Pages 57-67

   2. Blind Pupils Begin to Solve Algorithmic Problems

      • L’udmila Jašková

      Pages 68-79

5. Games

   1. Location-Based Games in Informatics Education

      • Gabriela Lovászová, Viera Palmárová

      Pages 80-90

   2. Using Computer Games as Programming Assignments for University Students and Secondary School Pupils

      • Monika Tomcsányiová

      Pages 91-102

6. Informatics in the Context of Other Disciplines

   1. The Context-Based Approach IniK in Light of Situated and Constructive Learning Theories

      • Maria Knobelsdorf, Josh Tenenberg

      Pages 103-114

   2. “Archaeology of Information” in the Primary School

      • Diana Bitto, Claudio Mirolo

      Pages 115-126

   3. The Contribution of Computer Science to Learning Computational Physics

      • Rivka Taub, Michal Armoni, Mordechai Ben-Ari

      Pages 127-137

   4. Computer Modeling with Delphi

      • Jan Benacka, Jaroslav Reichel

      Pages 138-146

   5. Learning Fields in Vocational IT Education – How Teachers Interpret the Concept

      • Simone Opel, Torsten Brinda

      Pages 147-158

7. Competence-Based Learning and Retention of Competencies

   1. Competence Measurement and Informatics Standards in Secondary Education

      • Johannes Magenheim, Jonas Neugebauer, Peer Stechert, Laura Ohrndorf, Barbara Linck, Sigrid Schubert et al.

      Pages 159-170

   2. On Competence-Based Learning and Neuroscience

      • Peter K. Antonitsch, Barbara Sabitzer

      Pages 171-183

   3. Categorization of Pictures in Tasks of the Bebras Contest

      • Monika Tomcsányiová, Martina Kabátová

      Pages 184-195

   4. Research-Based Learning Revisited: On Using a Delphi Process in Informatics Teacher Education

      • Holger Danielsiek, Ludger Humbert, Jan Vahrenhold

      Pages 196-208

8. Back Matter

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2013, held in Oldenburg, Germany, in February/March 2013. The 15 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions; in addition the book contains two keynote talks in full-paper length. The contributions are organized in topical sections named: from computer usage to computational thinking; algorithmic and computational thinking; games; informatics in the context of other disciplines; and competence-based learning and retention of competencies.

• algorithmic problems
• informatics standards
• location-based games
• secondary schools
• situated learning
• learning and instruction

• Fk II - Didaktik der Informatik, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg

  Ira Diethelm

• Institut für Informatikdidaktik, Alpen-Adria Iniversität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria

  Roland T. Mittermeir

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