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Záhorec, Jan; Hašková, Alena; Munk, Michal – Informatics in Education, 2014
Authors of this paper carried out a broader international research aimed at assessing the computer science education at upper secondary level of education--ISCED 3A. The assessed school subjects were informatics and programming as the most common school subjects taught at secondary schools within computer sciences. The assessment was based on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Secondary Education, Programming
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Záhorec, Ján; Hašková, Alena; Munk, Michal – Informatics in Education, 2012
The paper presents the results of an international research on a comparative assessment of the current status of computer science education at the secondary level (ISCED 3A) in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Belgium. Evaluation was carried out based on 14 specific factors gauging the students' point of view. The authors present qualitative…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Qualitative Research, Information Science, Course Content
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Fantinato, Marcelo; Chaim, Marcos Lordello; Morandini, Marcelo; Peres, Sarajane Marques; Tuesta, Esteban Fernandez – Informatics in Education, 2011
Contests are usually applied in the academic environment to simulate real professional situations that require from the participants a more pro-active attitude than the one shown in conventional coursework. Although they are commonly applied in the scope of a unique course, the contest described here was an extracurricular experience applied in an…
Descriptors: Competition, Information Systems, Computer Science Education, Extracurricular Activities
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Gaspar, Alessio; Langevin, Sarah; Boyer, Naomi; Armitage, William – Informatics in Education, 2010
This qualitative study explores how using Peer Learning Forums (PLF) in an online asynchronous computer programming course can be analyzed to derive information about Student Activity Focus (SAF) for adult Information Technology students. Three instruments are proposed to assist instructors classify questions posted by students on these forums,…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Qualitative Research, Learning Activities, Classification