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Preface
This volume contains the papers presented at the 12th International Conference on
Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives (ISSEP 2019). The
conference was held at the University of Cyprus, November 18–20, 2019.
ISSEP is a forum for researchers and practitioners in the area of informatics
education, in both primary and secondary schools (K12 education). It provides an
opportunity for educatorstoreach thegoals and objectives ofthis subject based on its
curricula and various teaching/learning paradigms and topics, possible connections to
everyday life, and various ways of establishing informatics education in schools.
This conference also has a focus on teaching/learning materials, various forms of
assessment,traditionalandinnovativeeducationalresearchdesigns,thecontributionof
informatics to the preparation of individuals for the 21st century, motivating compe-
titions, and projects and activities supporting informatics education in schools.
The ISSEP series started in 2005 in Klagenfurt, with subsequent meetings held in
Vilnius (2006), Torun (2008), Zurich (2010), Bratislava (2011), Oldenburg (2013),
Istanbul(2014),Ljubljana(2015),Münster(2016),Helsinki(2017),andSt.Petersburg
(2018). This 12th ISSEP conference was hosted by the University of Cyprus.
The conference received 55 submissions. Each submission was reviewed by up to
four Program Committee members and evaluated on its quality, originality, and
relevancetotheconference.Overall,theProgramCommitteewrote116reviewsand90
reviews were prepared by external reviewers. The committee selected 23 papers for
inclusionintheLNCSproceedings,leadingtoanacceptancerateof40%.Thedecision
process was made electronically using the EasyChair conference management system.
As at previous ISSEP conferences, much attention in the articles is devoted to the
trainingofinformaticsteachersandtotheteachingofinformaticsatdifferentlevelsof
schooleducation.Atthesametime,increasingattentiontotheprimarylevelshouldbe
noted. A feature of ISSEP 2019 is the interest of school education in contemporary
computer science ideas that were previously studied only at universities: big data,
machine learning, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and others.
We would like to thank all the authors who responded to the call for papers, the
members of the Program Committee, the external reviewers, and last but not least the
members of the Organizing Committee and Prof. George A. Papadopoulos – general
and organizing chair of the local Organizing Committee.
September 2019 Sergei Pozdniakov
Valentina Dagienė
Organization
General and Organizing Chair
George A. Papadopoulos University of Cyprus, Cyprus (george(at)cs.ucy.ac.cy)
Steering Committee
Andreas Bollin University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Valentina Dagiere Vilnius University, Lithuania
Yasemin Gulbahar Ankara University, Turkey
Juraj Hromkovič Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich,
Switzerland
Ivan Kalas Comenius University, Slovakia
George A. Papadopoulos University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Sergei Pozdniakov Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia
Program Committee Chair
Sergei Pozdniakov Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia
Program Committee
Erik Barendsen Radboud University Nijmegen and Open Universiteit,
The Netherlands
Andrej Brodnik University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Christian Datzko SVIA-SSIE-SSII, Switzerland
Ira Diethelm Oldenburg University, Germany
Michalis Giannakos Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Norway
Bruria Haberman Holon Institute of Technology, Israel
Peter Hubwieser Technical University Munich, Germany
Petri Ihantola Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Mile Jovanov Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia
Dennis Komm Pedagogical University Chur, Switzerland
Mark Laanpere Tallinn University, Estonia
Peter Micheuz University Klagenfurt and Gymnasium Völkermarkt,
Austria
Mattia Monga Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Ralf Romeike University Erlangen (FAU), Germany
Giovanni Serafini Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich,
Switzerland
Maciej M. Syslo Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
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Additional Reviewers
Veljko Aleksić Inggriani Liem
Grillenberger Andreas Violetta Lonati
Cristian Bernareggi Dario Malchiodi
Hans-Joachim Böckenhauer Anna Morpurgo
Sona Ceretkova Mārtiņš Opmanis
Sébastien Combéfis Tauno Palts
Andrew Paul Csizmadia Arnold Pears
Vladimiras Dolgopolovas Serena Pedrocchi
Fabian Frei Rein Prank
Walter Gander Mareen Przybylla
Daina Gudoniene Noa Ragonis
Bruria Haberman Ana Isabel
Urs Hauser Frances Rosamond
Djordje Herceg Jacqueline Staub
Metodija Janceski Xinogalos Stelios
Tatjana Jevsikova Seiichi Tani
Mile Jovanov Nicole Trachsler
Filiz Kalelioglu Ausra Urbaityte
Peter Larsson Peter Waker
Contents
Teacher Education in Informatics
Empowering the Teachers with the NAPOJ - A Grassroots Movement
Towards Computing Teachers Community of Practice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Andrej Brodnik and Matija Lokar
An Exploration of Teachers’ Perspective About the Learning
of Iteration-Control Constructs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Emanuele Scapin and Claudio Mirolo
What Are Computer Science Educators Interested In?
The Case of SIGCSE Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Ragonis Noa and Orit Hazzan
Holistic STEAM Education Through Computational Thinking:
A Perspective on Training Future Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Arnold Pears, Erik Barendsen, Valentina Dagienė,
Vladimiras Dolgopolovas, and Eglė Jasutė
Informatics Education in School: A Multi-Year Large-Scale Study
on Female Participation and Teachers’ Beliefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Enrico Nardelli and Isabella Corradini
Inquiry-Based Learning in Computer Science Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Zuzana Tkáčová, Ľubomír Šnajder, and Ján Guniš
Primary Education in Informatics
Introducing Informatics in Primary Education: Curriculum
and Teachers’ Perspectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Valentina Dagienė, Tatjana Jevsikova, and Gabrielė Stupurienė
Observing Abstraction in Young Children Solving Algorithmic Tasks. . . . . . 95
Hylke H. Faber, Josina I. Koning, Menno D. M. Wierdsma,
Henderien W. Steenbeek, and Erik Barendsen
Implementing a Reverse Debugger for Logo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Renato Menta, Serena Pedrocchi, Jacqueline Staub,
and Dominic Weibel
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Contemporary Computer Science Ideas in School Informatics
Unplugged Activities in the Context of AI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Annabel Lindner, Stefan Seegerer, and Ralf Romeike
Machine Learning Unplugged - Development and Evaluation
of a Workshop About Machine Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Elisaweta Ossovski and Michael Brinkmeier
About Classes and Trees: Introducing Secondary School Students
to Aspects of Data Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Andreas Grillenberger and Ralf Romeike
Cybersecurity Within the Curricula of Informatics:
The Estonian Perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Birgy Lorenz, Kaido Kikkas, Tiia Sõmer, and Edmund Laugasson
Teaching Informatics: From High School to University Level
Person-Thing-Orientation and the Choice of Computer Science Courses
in High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Jascha Kemper and Michael Brinkmeier
Wandering Micro:bits in the Public Education of Hungary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Andor Abonyi-Tóth and Zsuzsa Pluhár
Introduction to Computational Thinking for University Students. . . . . . . . . . 200
Zsuzsa Pluhár and Hajnalka Torma
Enhancing Student Engagement in Multidisciplinary Groups
in Higher Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Michael Opoku Agyeman, Haiping Cui, and Shirley Bennett
Contests, Competitions and Games in Informatics
Situated Learning with Bebras Tasklets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Carlo Bellettini, Violetta Lonati, Mattia Monga, Anna Morpurgo,
and Martina Palazzolo
The Genesis of a Bebras Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Christian Datzko
From Bebras Tasks to Lesson Plans – Graph Data Structures. . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Lucia Budinská and Karolína Mayerová
CITY: A Game to Raise Girls’ Awareness About Information Technology. . . 268
Evelyn Saxegaard and Monica Divitini
