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Nijenhuis-Voogt, Jacqueline; Bayram-Jacobs, Durdane; Meijer, Paulien C.; Barendsen, Erik – Computer Science Education, 2021
Background and Context: Although context-based teaching and learning has been investigated extensively in science education, little is known regarding the use of contexts for teaching CS in secondary education. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the characteristics of contexts suitable for teaching algorithms and to investigate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Computer Science Education
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Kilpelainen, Pekka – Computer Science Education, 2010
Reduction is a central ingredient of computational thinking, and an important tool in algorithm design, in computability theory, and in complexity theory. Reduction has been recognized to be a difficult topic for students to learn. Previous studies on teaching reduction have concentrated on its use in special courses on the theory of computing. As…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Introductory Courses, Mathematics, Fundamental Concepts