TY - BOOK AU - Hazzan,Orit AU - Lapidot,Tami AU - Ragonis,Noa TI - Guide to teaching computer science :an activity-based approach - 2nd ed: SN - 9781447166290 (hb) AV - QA76.27 .H39 2011 U1 - 004.071 HAZ/Gui 22 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Springer KW - Computer science KW - Study and teaching KW - Active learning N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction-What is this guide about. -- Introduction -- Motivation for writing this guide -- The methods of teaching computer science (MTCS) course -- The structure of the guide to teaching computer science -- How to use the guide? -- Active learning and the active-learning-based teaching model. -- Introduction -- Active learning -- Why active learning is suitable for implementation -- Active-learning-based teaching model -- The role of the instructor in the active-learning-based teaching model -- Overview of the discipline of computer science. -- Introduction -- What is computer science? -- The history of computer science -- Computer scientists -- Social issues of computer science -- Programming paradigms -- Computer science soft ideas -- Research in computer science education. -- Introduction -- Research in computer science education: what it is and why and how it is useful? -- MTSC course activities -- Problem solving strategies. -- Introduction -- Problem-solving processes -- Problem understanding -- Solution design -- Solution examination -- Reflection -- Learners' alternate conceptions. -- Introduction -- Pedagogical tools for dealing with alternative conceptions -- Activities to be facilitated in MTCS course -- Teaching methods in computer science education. -- Introduction -- Pedagogical tools -- Different forms of class organization -- Mentoring software project development --; Lab-based teaching. -- Introduction -- What is a computer lab? -- Lab-first approach -- Visualization and animation -- Using the internet in the teaching of computer science -- Types of questions in computer science education. -- Introduction -- Types of questions -- Kinds of answers -- Assimilation of the types of questions to different computer science contents -- Question preparation -- Evaluation. -- Introduction -- Tests -- Project evaluation -- Portfolio -- The evaluation of the students in the MTCS course -- Teaching planning. -- Introduction -- Top-down approach for teaching planning -- Illustration: teaching one-dimensional array -- Activities to be facilitated in the MTCS course -- Integrated view at the MTCS course organization -- the case of recursion. -- Introduction -- Classification of everyday objects and phenomena: the case of recursion -- Leap of faith -- Models of the recursive process -- Research on learning and teaching recursion -- How does recursion sound? -- Evaluation -- Additional activities -- Getting experience in computer science education. -- Introduction -- The practicum in the high school -- A tutoring model for guiding problems -- Practicum versus tutoring -- Design of a methods of teaching computer science course. -- Perspectives on the MTCS course -- Suggestions of the MTCS course syllabi -- High school computer science teacher preparation programs. -- A model for high school computer science education -- Construction of a computer science teacher preparation -- Epilogue ER -