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Physical Computing in STEM Education

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Sandra Schulz,

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WiPSCE '15: Proceedings of the Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education

Pages 134 - 135

https://doi.org/10.1145/2818314.2818327

Published: 09 November 2015 Publication History

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STEM education research has received considerable attention in recent years. The goal of STEM education is to achieve a common literacy across different STEM subjects and to strengthen every single subject via the combination with other subjects. We present a way of incorporating Computer Science elements in STEM education and a small case study which tests the suitability of this approach, finding initial positive evidence.

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Schulz SBerg PKnobelsdorf M(2022)Der fachdidaktische Ansatz Physical Computing und sein Einfluss auf die Schülermotivation im Informatikunterricht der SekundarstufeMotivation in unterrichtlichen fachbezogenen Lehr-Lernkontexten10.1007/978-3-658-31064-6_5(113-147)Online publication date: 9-Feb-2022
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Physical Computing in STEM Education
1. Applied computing
  1. Enterprise computing
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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WiPSCE '15: Proceedings of the Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education

November 2015

149 pages

ISBN:9781450337533

DOI:10.1145/2818314

Conference Chairs:
Judith Gal-Ezer
The Open University of Israel
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Sue Sentance
King's College London & Computing At School
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Jan Vahrenhold
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

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