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Computational Thinking Resources Inspired by Bebras

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ITiCSE 2023: Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 2

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3587103.3594203

Published: 29 June 2023 Publication History

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In this poster, we highlight computational thinking resources for schools from the PACT team at Maynooth University, Ireland. The resources are derived from tasks from the Bebras international computational thinking initiative. The different modalities work together throughout the school year to provide initial exposure to computational thinking, and include an obstacle course, seasonal tasks, and a workbook.

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Dagien? V., Futschek G. (2008) Bebras International Contest on Informatics and Computer Literacy: Criteria for Good Tasks. In: Mittermeir R.T., Sys?o M.M. (eds) Informatics Education - Supporting Computational Thinking. ISSEP 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5090. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978--3--540--69924--8_2.

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Lehtimäki T., et al. 2022. Bebras-inspired Computational Thinking Primary School Resources Co-created by Computer Science Academics and Teachers. In Proceedings of ITiCSE '22. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 207--213. https://doi.org/10.1145/3502718.3524804

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Lehtimäki T., et al. 2023. A Computational Thinking Obstacle Course based on Bebras tasks for K-12 schools, Proceedings of ITiCSE '23. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3587102.3588775

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PACT team website. Department of Computer Science, Maynooth University, Ireland. https://pact.cs.nuim.ie/resources (Accessed 10.03.2023)

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Computational Thinking Resources Inspired by Bebras
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computational thinking
      2. K-12 education

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ITiCSE 2023: Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 2

June 2023

694 pages

ISBN:9798400701399

DOI:10.1145/3587103

General Chairs:
Mikko-Jussi Laakso
University of Turku, Finland
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Mattia Monga
University of Milan, Italy
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Program Chairs:
Simon
Unaffiliated, Australia
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Judithe Sheard
Monash University, Australia

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