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A nationwide exam as a tool for improving a new curriculum

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Iris Zur-Bargury,

Bazil Pârv,

Dvir LanzbergAuthors Info & Claims

ITiCSE '13: Proceedings of the 18th ACM conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education

Pages 267 - 272

https://doi.org/10.1145/2462476.2462479

Published: 01 July 2013 Publication History

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Israel's Ministry of Education has decided to strengthen the STEM studies, including computer science (CS). A new curriculum for CS for junior high, which focuses on developing computational thinking, was developed, implemented, and evaluated. The evaluation contains a nationwide test at the end of each year. This paper describes the 2012 nationwide exam and its evaluation.

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A nationwide exam as a tool for improving a new curriculum
1. Social and professional topics
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    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
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ITiCSE '13: Proceedings of the 18th ACM conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education

July 2013

384 pages

ISBN:9781450320788

DOI:10.1145/2462476

General Chair:
Janet Carter
University of Kent, UK
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University of Kent, UK
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Alison Clear
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, NZ

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