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One step further the ACM K-12 final report: a proposal for level 1: computer organization for K-8

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Giovanni M. Bianco,

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ITICSE '06: Proceedings of the 11th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education

Pages 207 - 211

https://doi.org/10.1145/1140124.1140180

Published: 26 June 2006 Publication History

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Teaching computer science to children is a major priority in most countries in the world. Nevertheless, Computer Science curricula do not seem to address he children's world, children who need specific languages, models, and presentation methods. In this paper we propose a novel approach of considering a Computer Science Education curriculum based on children's creativity and imagination. The scope is the computer organization (aka Level 1 in he ACM K-12 Final Report). Materials have been designed for children, teachers and parents and take a gender-neutral approach.

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One step further the ACM K-12 final report: a proposal for level 1: computer organization for K-8
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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ITICSE '06: Proceedings of the 11th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education

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ISBN:1595930558

DOI:10.1145/1140124

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 38, Issue 3
September 2006
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ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/1140123
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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2325296.2325308
Bell TBianco G(2009)Computing Pre‐University: Primary Computing EducationWiley Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering10.1002/9780470050118.ecse973(625-632)Online publication date: 16-Mar-2009
https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470050118.ecse973
Bianco GLocatelli IDavoli RGoldweber MSalomoni P(2006)PlayToLearnProceedings of the 11th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education10.1145/1140124.1140238(331-331)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1140124.1140238
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