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The overuse of technology and extended time in 3D virtual worlds by young children and teenagers have raised concerns among parents and teachers about potential negative impacts on their psychological well-being and real-world engagement. This paper ...

Today’s children are the first generation to grow up with AI as a natural part of their daily lives; to benefit from the opportunities AI brings, but also to face AI-related risks such as privacy invasion, exposure to biased or harmful content, ...

The landscape of education research and practice is undergoing significant socio-political transformation, driven by evolving heightened awareness and perceptions of what is meant through efforts to ensure that all students benefit from education. This ...

We describe our experience introducing computational thinking skills at teacher colleges through project-based learning (PBL). We have designed projects that use technology to tackle driving questions derived from the national school curriculum, and at ...

Novice programmers often start their learning journey with block-based editors, to later focus on traditional text-based editors. The transition between these two different editing paradigms is notably known to be difficult, as students may not easily ...

While experts disagree on whether large pretrained language models (LLMs) understand human language, youth use, play, and experiment with LLM-powered applications every day. Yet little attention has been given to young people’s perspectives on LLMs’ ...

One of the central challenges of task design for an English-speaking informatics class in German schools is the transfer of the compulsory, curriculum-based instructional verb set (IVS) into the English language. Simply translating each verb overlooks ...

We explore ways to automate assessing if beginner programmers are using conditions and control structures “effectively.” We consider several software metrics, and a novel approach designed specifically for this situation, and compare their effectiveness ...

Social issues are gaining traction in CS education. Existing literature reviews have mostly focused on higher education or specific topics like sustainability or security. This poster reports on the rationale, current state and challenges of a topic-...

The underrepresentation of women in computing science is a persistent issue, heightend by cultural stereotypes and a lack of female role models. This poster investigates the impact of a gender-sensitive career orientation narrative in addressing this ...

Modeling is a major component of Computer Science (CS) education implemented in K-12. We propose Information Encoding Modeling (IEM) to facilitate the development of modeling competencies, emphasizing semiotic competence and the creative representation ...

Researching students’ conceptions in computer science education (CSEd) is a recent and growing field. Until now the most studies are only focused on uncovering students’ conceptions without taking any further steps. However, according to conceptual ...

Teaching programming requires the use of a programming tool (PT) for the classroom. Utilising the strengths of said PT and offsetting its weaknesses requires teachers to analyse the PT taking into account both specific computer science (CS) and teaching ...

The importance of discipline-specific language learning in all subjects is now widely recognized. The introduction of computer science as a compulsory subject for all students of all types of schools in many places makes it even more important to take ...

The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) K-12 Standards were last updated in 2017, when only six states in the United States had adopted learning standards for primary and secondary education (K-12) computer science. Fast forward to 2024, and 41 ...

We describe a pilot study to investigate the effect of engaging with culturally responsive computing lessons on primary (K-5) students’ interest in computing. We use the Integrated Interest Development for Computing Education Framework (IIDfCEF) as a ...

Problem. Currently, state- and district-level policies in the United States call for teachers to be qualified to teach computing in K-12 classrooms. Recognizing that equity-focused practices are key to reaching all students in computing and leveraging a ...

Teachers play an important role for the outcomes of lessons. Their perception of the subject and their perception of themselves and their abilities will affect the learning of students and in turn shape their perception of computer science (CS) as a ...

In this conceptual paper, we review existing literature on artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) education to identify three approaches to how learning and teaching ML could be conceptualized. One of them, a data-driven approach, emphasizes ...