International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution and Perspectives

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Tuesday 26th February 2013

12:00 Reception open (Conference site: Building A14)
13:30-16:30

Workshops
(WS 1 and WS 5 start at 13:30,
WS 2
starts at 15:00 )

GI-DDI (Meeting of the CSE chapter of the German Association for CS)
17:00-18:00
Welcome Reception

Wednesday 27th February 2013

09:00-10:15 Reception open

Conference Opening:
Prof. Dr. Gunilla Budde, Vice-President of the Carl von Ossietzky University,
and Prof. Dr. Ira Diethelm, Chair

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

10:15-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-12:00 Session 1: Algorithmics and Computational Thinking
Ginat, Menashe, Taya: Novice Difficulties with Interleaved Pattern Composition (20 + 5 Min.) Jašková: Blind Pupils Begin to Solve Algorithmic Problems (20 + 5 Min) Discussion
12:00-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-15:30 Session 2: Informatics in the context of other discilines
Knobelsdorf & Tenenberg: The Context-based Approach IniK in Light of Situated and Constructive Learning Theories (20 + 5 Min) Taub, Armoni, Ben-Ari: The Contribution of Computer Science to Learning Computational Physics (20 + 5 Min) Benacka, Reichel: Computer Modeling with Delphi – constructionism and IBL in practice and motivation for studying STEM (20 + 5 Min) Discussion
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:30 Session 3: Teachers' perspectives
Danielsiek, Humbert, Vahrenhold: Research-Based Learning Revisited: On Using a Delphi Process in Informatics Teacher Education (20 + 5 Min) Opel, Brinda: Learning Fields in Vocational IT Education – How Teachers Interpret the Concept (20 + 5 Min) Discussion 17:30-19:00 PC-Meeting

Thursday 28th February 2013

09:00-10:00 Keynote 2:
Sue Sentance, Mark Dorling and Adam McNicol: Computer Science in secondary schools in the UK: ways to empower teachers
Discussion
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:00 Session 4a: From computer usage to computational thinking
Session 4b: Towards Programming Competences
Tort, Drot-Delange : Informatics in the French High School Curricula: Recent Moves and Perspective (20 + 5 Min)  Syslo, Kwiatkowska: Informatics for all high school students - computational thinking approach (20 + 5 Min) Discussion Hofuku, Cho, Nishida, Kanemune : Why is programming difficult? -Proposal for learning programming in ”small steps” and a prototype tool for detecting ”gaps” (20 + 5 Min) Linck: Test items for and misconceptions of competences in the domain of logic programming (20 + 5 Min) Kim, Park: Teaching NP completeness in secondary schools (15 + 5 Min)

Discussion

12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-14:30 Session 5a: Primary Education
Session 5b: Towards National Curricula
Bitto, Mirolo: "Archaeology of Information" in the Primary School  (20 + 5 Min) Vaníček: Introducing Topics from Informatics into Primary School Curricula: How do teachers take it? (20 + 5 Min) Gujberová, Tomcsányi: Environments for programming in primary education (15 + 5 Min) Discussion
Dagiene, Jevsikova, Schulte, Sentance, Thota: A comparison of current trends within Computer Science teaching in school (20 + 5 Min) Gulbahar, İlkhan, Kilis, Arslan: Informatics Education in Turkey: National ICT Curriculum and Teacher Training at Elementary Level (15 + 5 Min) Nakano, Izutsu: The New Course of Study and a prospect of information studies education in Japan (15 + 5 Min) Dis-
cussion
14:45-18:00 Excursion: Visit of a local school (Neues Gymnasium) with informatics education

Conference Dinner -
traditional northwestern german conference dinner with traditional preparatory walk, named "Kohltour" (explanation). Location: Ratskeller Oldenburg.

Friday 1st March 2013

08:15-09:00
Excursion to CeWe Color
09:00-10:30 Working Groups (Meeting of former ITiCSE and Koli WGs for CS in secondary education)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Session 6a: Games Session 6b: Computational Thinking
Lovászová, Palmárová: Location-based Games in Informatics Education (20 + 5 Min) Tomcsanyiova: Using Computer Games as Programming Assignments for University Students and Secondary School Pupils (20 + 5 Min) Discussion Lessner: The Role of Algorithm in General Secondary Education Revisited (20 + 5 Min) Reffay, Miled, Ortiz, Février: An epistemic hypermedia to learn Python as a resource for an introductory course for algorithmic in France (20 + 5 Min) Grgurina: Computational Thinking in Dutch Secondary Education(15 + 5 Min) Discussion
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-15:30 Session 7a: Competences
Session 7b:
Magenheim, Neugebauer, Stechert, Ohrndorf, Linck: Competence Measurement and Informatics Standards in Secondary Education (20 + 5 Min) Antonitsch & Sabitzer: On competence based learning and neuroscience (20 + 5 Min) Kabatova, Tomcsányiová: Categorization of Pictures in Tasks of the Bebras Contest (20 + 5 Min) Discussion

Weise: A Model for Teaching Informatics to German Secondary School Students in English-language Bilingual Education (20 + 5 Min) Bellettini & Lonati: What you see is what you have in mind: constructing mental models for formatted text processing (20 + 5 Min) Dis-
cussion

15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:00 Closing Session and Farewell Buffet

Saturday 2nd March 2013

09:00-12:00

Workshop
(WS 4)





unordered list of all accepted papers:

  • Yoshiaki Nakano and Katsunobu Izutsu: The New Course of Study and a prospect of information studies education in Japan
  • Ľudmila Jašková: Blind Pupils Begin to Solve Algorithmic Problems
  • Barbara Linck: Test items for and misconceptions of competences in the domain of logic programming
  • Rivka Taub, Michal Armoni and Mordechai Ben-Ari: The Contribution of Computer Science to Learning Computational Physics
  • Peter Antonitsch and Barbara Sabitzer: On competence based learning and neuroscience
  • Ján Záhorec and Alena Hašková: How Secondary School Students Rate the Quality of Education in Programming
  • Monika Tomcsanyiova: Using Computer Games as Programming Assignments for University Students and Secondary School Pupils
  • Jan Benacka and Jaroslav Reichel: Computer Modeling with Delphi – constructionism and IBL in practice and motivation for studying STEM
  • Simone Opel and Torsten Brinda: Learning Fields in Vocational IT Education – How Teachers Interpret the Concept
  • Jiří Vaníček: Introducing Topics from Informatics into Primary School Curricula: How do teachers take it?
  • David Ginat, Eti Menashe and Amal Taya: Novice Difficulties with Interleaved Pattern Composition
  • Johannes Magenheim, Jonas Neugebauer, Peer Stechert, Laura Ohrndorf, Barbara Linck, Sigrid Schubert, Wolfgang Nelles and Niclas Schaper: Competence Measurement and Informatics Standards in Secondary Education
  • Carlo Bellettini, Violetta Lonati, Dario Malchiodi, Mattia Monga, Anna Morpurgo and Mauro Torelli: What you see is what you have in mind: constructing mental models for formatted text processing
  • Holger Danielsiek, Ludger Humbert and Jan Vahrenhold: Research-Based Learning Revisited: On Using a Delphi Process in Informatics Teacher Education
  • Yasemin Gulbahar, Mustafa İlkhan, Selcan Kilis and Okan Arslan: Informatics Education in Turkey: National ICT Curriculum and Teacher Training at Elementary Level
  • Martina Kabatova and Monika Tomcsányiová: Categorization of Pictures in Tasks of the Bebras Contest
  • Gabriela Lovászová and Viera Palmárová: Location-based Games in Informatics Education
  • Christophe Reffay, Mahdi Miled, Pascal Ortiz and Loďc Février: An epistemic hypermedia to learn Python as a resource for an introductory course for algorithmic in France
  • Natasa Grgurina: Computational Thinking in Dutch Secondary Education
  • Françoise Tort and Béatrice Drot-Delange: Informatics in the French High School Curricula: Recent Moves and Perspective
  • Diana Bitto and Claudio Mirolo: "Archaeology of Information" in the Primary School
  • Monika Gujberová and Peter Tomcsányi: Environments for programming in primary education
  • Yayoi Hofuku, Shinya Cho, Tomohiro Nishida and Susumu Kanemune: Why is programming difficult? -Proposal for learning programming in ”small steps” and a prototype tool for detecting ”gaps”
  • Martin Weise: A Model for Teaching Informatics to German Secondary School Students in English-language Bilingual Education
  • Seungyon Kim and Seongbin Park: Teaching NP completeness in secondary schools
  • Daniel Lessner: The Role of Algorithm in General Secondary Education Revisited
  • Maciej M. Syslo and Anna Beata Kwiatkowska: Informatics for all high school students - computational thinking approach
  • Maria Knobelsdorf and Josh Tenenberg: The Context-based Approach IniK in Light of Situated and Constructive Learning Theories
  • Valentina Dagiene, Tatjana Jevsikova, Carsten Schulte, Sue Sentance and Neena Thota: A comparison of current trends within Computer Science teaching in school

Workshops:

  • WS 1: Lukas Planteu, Bernhard Standl, Wilfried Grossmann and Erich Neuwirth: Integrating School Practice in Austrian Teacher Education
  • WS 2: Jan Benacka: BubbleSort, SelectSort and InsertSort in Excel & Delphi – Learning the Concepts in a Constructionist Way
  • WS 3: Noa Ragonis: Problem-solving strategies must be taught implicitly (cancelled)
  • WS 4: Sue Sentance and Steve Hodges: .NET Gadgeteer Workshop
  • WS 5: Carol Berry and Peter Kusterer: Using Teachers' TryScience to support educators and improve teaching