Guide to Teaching Computer Science

Dr. Orit Hazzan is Professor and Head of the Department of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Dr. Hazzan’s other publications with Springer include Agile Anywhere – Essays on Agile Projects and Beyond (2014) and Agile Software Engineering (2008). Dr. Tami Lapidot is Executive Manager of Machshava – the Israeli National Center for Computer Science Teachers, Haifa, Israel. Dr. Noa Ragonis is Head of the Instructional Development Center and a computer science senior lecturer at Beit Berl College, and an adjacent senior lecturer at the Department of Education in Science and Technology, Technion. Dr. Ragonis’ publications include eight computer science high-school textbooks and teachers guides (in Hebrew).

Introduction – What Is This Guide About?

Active Learning and the Active-Learning-Based Teaching Model

Overview of the Discipline of Computer Science

Research in Computer Science Education

Problem-Solving Strategies

Learners’ Alternative Conceptions

Teaching Methods in Computer Science Education

Lab-Based Teaching

Types of Questions in Computer Science Education

Assessment

Teaching Planning

Integrated View at the MTCS Course Organization: The Case of Recursion

Getting Experience in Computer Science Education

Design of Methods of Teaching Computer Science Course

High School Computer Science Teacher Preparation Programs

Epilogue