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A computational thinking module for secondary students and pre-service teachers using Bebras-style tasks
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Taina Lehtimäki, James Hamm, 
Aidan Mooney, Kevin Casey, Rosemary Monahan, Thomas J. NaughtonAuthors Info & Claims
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We have developed a Transition Year (TY) computational thinking module (for 15-16 year olds) based on Bebras tasks that was delivered online by teachers at 240 schools in Ireland during 2021-2022. To serve primary and secondary pre-service teachers, we have started developing a 24-hour module based on this TY module. We are co-creating the module with education experts and CS academics working collaboratively. The education experts consist of academics and pre-service teachers from both primary and secondary teaching departments at our institution.
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NCCA. (2020). Draft Primary Curriculum Framework. https://ncca.ie/media/4456/ncca-primary-curriculum-framework-2020.pdf.
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Dagienė V., Futschek G. (2008) Bebras International Contest on Informatics and Computer Literacy: Criteria for Good Tasks. In: Mittermeir R.T., Sysło 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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