Examining the Use of Computational Thinking Skills When Solving Bebras Tasks

Imke De Jong; Bo Sichterman; Johan Jeuring

doi:10.1145/3564721.3565957

Examining the Use of Computational Thinking Skills When Solving Bebras Tasks

Imke De Jong, Bo Sichterman, Johan Jeuring

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Computational thinking (CT) is considered an essential problem-solving skill in the 21st century, and is receiving attention on different educational levels. To promote and assess students’ CT skills, so-called ’Bebras tasks’ (i.e. small tasks for problem solving in informatics) are created by experts in the field of CT. There has not been empirical research to determine to what extent and how CT skills are used while solving these tasks, however. This qualitative study bridges this gap by using the think-aloud method to examine the use of CT skills when solving Bebras. The results of this study can serve as a validation for the use of CT skills in solving Bebras tasks. This poster abstract introduces the background and setup of the study.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Koli Calling '22: 22nd Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research
Editors	Ilkka Jormanainen, Andrew Petersen
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	1-2
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	9781450396165
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3564721.3565957
Publication status	Published - 17 Nov 2022

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Bebras
computational thinking
think-Aloud

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Examining the Use of Computational Thinking Skills When Solving Bebras Tasks. / De Jong, Imke; Sichterman, Bo; Jeuring, Johan.
Koli Calling '22: 22nd Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. ed. / Ilkka Jormanainen; Andrew Petersen. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. p. 1-2 31.

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