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The Effectiveness of Creating Localized Content for Middle School Computing Curriculum

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Hanan AlshikhabobakrAuthors Info & Claims

ITiCSE '19: Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

Pages 478 - 484

https://doi.org/10.1145/3304221.3319778

Published: 02 July 2019 Publication History

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The need for computing education in K-12 is growing all over the world. Several countries have created national curriculum standards to meet this growing need. In most cases, the actual implementation of the curriculum, including the technical content, is left to individual schools or teachers. In this paper, we outline our work in implementing a computing curriculum based on Alice software in the State of Qatar. We present our experience in creating the content and evaluating its effectiveness. The curriculum was developed in cooperation with schoolteachers, education professionals, and the Qatari Ministry of Education. Materials developed included lesson plans, academic calendar, assessment tools, and student textbooks. We address the issues encountered in creating this computing curriculum content.

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Alaofi SRussell SStephenson BStone JBattestilli LRebelsky SShoop L(2024)Improving Knowledge of CS1 Terminology Through a Peer Reviewed Translation Activity: Results and FeedbackProceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 110.1145/3626252.3630876(46-52)Online publication date: 7-Mar-2024
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Alaofi SRussell SChoppella VPhatak DLuxton-Reilly ACraig M(2023)The Use of English Language to Teach CS1 to Non-Native English Speakers: Students PerspectiveProceedings of the ACM Conference on Global Computing Education Vol 110.1145/3576882.3617931(15-21)Online publication date: 5-Dec-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3576882.3617931
Alaofi SRussell S(2022)A Validated Computer Terminology Test for Predicting Non-native English-speaking CS1 Students’ Academic PerformanceProceedings of the 24th Australasian Computing Education Conference10.1145/3511861.3511876(133-142)Online publication date: 14-Feb-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3511861.3511876

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Alaofi SRussell SStephenson BStone JBattestilli LRebelsky SShoop L(2024)Improving Knowledge of CS1 Terminology Through a Peer Reviewed Translation Activity: Results and FeedbackProceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 110.1145/3626252.3630876(46-52)Online publication date: 7-Mar-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3626252.3630876
Alaofi SRussell SChoppella VPhatak DLuxton-Reilly ACraig M(2023)The Use of English Language to Teach CS1 to Non-Native English Speakers: Students PerspectiveProceedings of the ACM Conference on Global Computing Education Vol 110.1145/3576882.3617931(15-21)Online publication date: 5-Dec-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3576882.3617931
Alaofi SRussell S(2022)A Validated Computer Terminology Test for Predicting Non-native English-speaking CS1 Students’ Academic PerformanceProceedings of the 24th Australasian Computing Education Conference10.1145/3511861.3511876(133-142)Online publication date: 14-Feb-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3511861.3511876

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