As an international informatics contest, or challenge, Bebras has started the second decade
of its existence. The contest attracts more and more countries every year, recently there have …

Computational thinking (CT) is being located at the focus of educational innovation, as a set
of problem-solving skills that must be acquired by the new generations of students to thrive …

The last decade has seen rapid growth in the presence of computational thinking (CT) in
educational contexts. Those working to advance CT argue that the concepts and skills …

Abstract Computer Science Unplugged has been used for many years as a way to
communicate concepts from computer science to audiences in a variety of settings. Despite …

With the increasing importance of Computational Thinking (CT) at all levels of education, it is
essential to have valid and reliable assessments. Currently, there is a lack of such …

Computer Science and programming are being introduced to school curricula in many
western countries in an effort to equip students with Computational Thinking skills. However …

In recent years, the inclusion of computational thinking in education has become very
important. This is a response to the needs of the evolution of our society and the skills …

MapReduce is a powerful platform for large-scale data processing. To achieve good
performance, a MapReduce scheduler must avoid unnecessary data transmission by …

Computational thinking is an increasingly important focus in computer science or informatics
curricula around the world, and ways of incorporating it into the school curricula are being …

Coding as a practical skill and computational thinking (CT) as a cognitive ability have
become an important topic in education and research. It has been suggested that CT, as an …