Informatics in schools : engaging learners in computational thinking : 13th International Conference, ISSEP 2020, Tallinn, Estonia, November 16-18, 2020, proceedings

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13 th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution and Perspectives, ISSEP 2020, held in Tallinn, Estonia, in November 2020. Due to COVID-19 related travelling restrictions the conference had to be switched to online format. The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: Tasks for Informatics Competitions; Engagement and Gender Issues in School Informatics; Informatics Teacher Education; Curriculum and Pedagogical Issues. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Difficulty of Bebras Tasks for Lower Secondary Blind Students (L’udmila Jašková, Natália Kostová)....Pages 3-14 Bebras Based Activities for Computer Science Education: Review and Perspectives (Sébastien Combéfis, Gabrielė Stupurienė)....Pages 15-29 Assessing the Agreement in the Bebras Tasks Categorisation (Žan Ternik, Ljupčo Todorovski, Irena Nančovska àerbec)....Pages 30-41 A Two-Dimensional Classification Model for the Bebras Tasks on Informatics Based Simultaneously on Subfields and Competencies (Valentina Dagiene, Juraj Hromkovic, Regula Lacher)....Pages 42-54 Participants’ Perception of Tasks in an Informatics Contest (Jiří Vaníček, Václav àimandl)....Pages 55-65 Front Matter ....Pages 67-67 Upper- and Lower-Secondary Students’ Motivation to Study Computer Science (Külli Kori, Piret Luik)....Pages 69-78 Tips and Tricks for Changing the Way Young People Conceive Computer Science (Cécile Lombart, Anne Smal, Julie Henry)....Pages 79-93 Engagement Taxonomy for Introductory Programming Tools: Failing to Tackle the Problems of Comprehension (Tomas àiaulys)....Pages 94-106 Ready for Computing Science? A Closer Look at Personality, Interests and Self-concept of Girls and Boys at Secondary Level (Andreas Bollin, Max Kesselbacher, Corinna Mößlacher)....Pages 107-118 Factors Influencing Lower Secondary School Pupils’ Success in Programming Projects in Scratch (Miroslava Černochová, Hasan Selcuk, Ondřej Černý)....Pages 119-129 Front Matter ....Pages 131-131 Design- and Evaluation-Concept for Teaching and Learning Laboratories in Informatics Teacher Education (Bernhard Standl, Anette Bentz, Mattias Ulbrich, Annika Vielsack, Ingo Wagner)....Pages 133-145 A Case of Teaching Practice Founded on a Theoretical Model (Sylvia da Rosa, Marcos Viera, Juan García-Garland)....Pages 146-157 In-Service Teacher Training and Self-efficacy (Jørgen Thorsnes, Majid Rouhani, Monica Divitini)....Pages 158-169 Computational Thinking in Small Packages (Dennis Komm, Ulrich Hauser, Bernhard Matter, Jacqueline Staub, Nicole Trachsler)....Pages 170-181 Front Matter ....Pages 183-183 Identification of Dependencies Between Learning Outcomes in Computing Science Curricula for Primary and Secondary Education – On the Way to Personalized Learning Paths (Yelyzaveta Chystopolova, Stefan Pasterk, Andreas Bollin, Max Kesselbacher)....Pages 185-196 Computing in Pre-primary Education (Daniela Bezáková, Andrea Hrušecká, Roman Hrušecký)....Pages 197-208 ePortfolio Introduction: Designing a Support Process (Hege Annette Olstad)....Pages 209-220 Student-Centered Graduate STEM Education Integrated by Computing: An Insight into the Experiences and Expectations of Doctoral Students (Vladimiras Dolgopolovas, Valentina Dagienė, Tatjana Jevsikova)....Pages 221-232 Back Matter ....Pages 233-233