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ERIC Number: EJ936358
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Aug
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0018-9359
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Marrying Content and Process in Computer Science Education
Zendler, A.; Spannagel, C.; Klaudt, D.
IEEE Transactions on Education, v54 n3 p387-397 Aug 2011
Constructivist approaches to computer science education emphasize that as well as knowledge, thinking skills and processes are involved in active knowledge construction. K-12 computer science curricula must not be based on fashions and trends, but on contents and processes that are observable in various domains of computer science, that can be taught at every intellectual level, that will stay relevant in the longer term, and that are related to everyday language and/or thinking. Only recently, two empirically determined lists, one of central content concepts ("algorithm", "computer", "data", "system", etc.) and another of central process concepts ("problem solving and problem posing", "analyzing", "classifying", "generalizing", etc.), have become available for computer science education. This paper tackles the problem of finding content and process concepts to be taught "in combination". Computer science experts are surveyed in order to identify combinations of content and process concepts--so-called "blocks"--that are relevant to computer science education. By using cluster analyses, 15 central blocks for teaching computer science in schools are determined. The results of this study may serve as a reference system for the systematic design of instruction in K-12 computer science education. (Contains 5 footnotes and 5 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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