Informatics in Schools: Focus on Learning Programming: 10th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2017, Helsinki, Finland, November 13-15, 2017, Proceedings

Front Matter ....Pages I-XI
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 The Computer Science Way of Thinking in Human History and Consequences for the Design of Computer Science Curricula  (Juraj Hromkovič, Regula Lacher)....Pages 3-11
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 Adolescent and Adult Student Attitudes Towards Progress Visualizations  (Onni Aarne, Petrus Peltola, Antti Leinonen, Juho Leinonen, Arto Hellas)....Pages 15-26
 3D Printing as Medium for Motivation and Creativity in Computer Science Lessons  (Petra Kastl, Oliver Krisch, Ralf Romeike)....Pages 27-36
 Teaching Materials in Informatics for Lower Secondary School Blind Students  (Ľudmila Jašková, Mária Stankovičová)....Pages 37-48
 Teachers’ Expectations and Experience in Physical Computing  (Mareen Przybylla, Finn Henning, Carla Schreiber, Ralf Romeike)....Pages 49-61
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 Investigating Informatics Teachers’ Initial Pedagogical Content Knowledge on Modeling and Simulation  (Nataša Grgurina, Erik Barendsen, Cor Suhre, Klaas van Veen, Bert Zwaneveld)....Pages 65-76
 A Notation for Sets, Sequences and Series  (Susanna H. du Plessis, Vreda Pieterse)....Pages 77-88
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 Bebras Task Analysis in Category Little Beavers in Slovakia  (Lucia Budinská, Karolína Mayerová, Michaela Veselovská)....Pages 91-101
 Promoting Computational Thinking Skills: Would You Use this Bebras Task?  (Annalisa Calcagni, Violetta Lonati, Dario Malchiodi, Mattia Monga, Anna Morpurgo)....Pages 102-113
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 Introducing Programming and Digital Competence in Swedish K-9 Education  (Fredrik Heintz, Linda Mannila, Lars-Åke Nordén, Peter Parnes, Björn Regnell)....Pages 117-128
 Preparedness of Japan’s Elementary School Teachers for the Introduction of Computer Programming Education  (Yutaro Ohashi)....Pages 129-140
 Baltic and Nordic K-12 Teacher Perspectives on Computational Thinking and Computing  (Arnold Pears, Valentina Dagiene, Egle Jasute)....Pages 141-152
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 Identifying Students’ Misconceptions on Basic Algorithmic Concepts Through Flowchart Analysis  (Ebrahim Rahimi, Erik Barendsen, Ineke Henze)....Pages 155-168
 A Preliminary Investigation on Computational Abilities in Secondary School  (Ugo Solitro, Margherita Pasini, Debora De Gradi, Margherita Brondino)....Pages 169-179
 Solving Everyday Challenges in a Computational Way of Thinking  (Bernhard Standl)....Pages 180-191
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 Teaching Basic Elements of OOP in School Informatics During Constructing Virtual Micro-worlds  (Evgeny A. Eremin)....Pages 195-206
 Real-Time Data Analyses in Secondary Schools Using a Block-Based Programming Language  (Andreas Grillenberger, Ralf Romeike)....Pages 207-218
 XLogoOnline: A Single-Page, Browser-Based Programming Environment for Schools Aiming at Reducing Cognitive Load on Pupils  (Juraj Hromkovič, Giovanni Serafini, Jacqueline Staub)....Pages 219-231
 Introduction to Bebras Challenge Management: Overview and Analyses of Developed Systems  (Valentina Dagiene, Gabriele Stupuriene, Lina Vinikiene, Rimantas Zakauskas)....Pages 232-243
Back Matter ....Pages 245-245