1. Problem Solving Olympics: An Inclusive Education Model for Learning Informatics
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Luca Forlizzi, Giorgio Casadei, Simone Martini, Roberto Borchia, Michael Lodi, Antonella Carbonaro, Pozdniakov S., Dagienė V., Roberto Borchia, Antonella Carbonaro, Giorgio Casadei, Luca Forlizzi, Michael Lodi, Simone Martini, Istituto Tecnico Industriale 'Q. Sella' [Biella], Dipartimento di Informatica - Scienza e Ingegneria [Bologna] (DISI), Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Università degli Studi dell'Aquila (UNIVAQ), Foundations of Component-based Ubiquitous Systems (FOCUS), Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée (CRISAM), Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Dipartimento di Informatica - Scienza e Ingegneria [Bologna] (DISI), Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila = University of L'Aquila (UNIVAQ)
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Inclusive competitions, Computational thinking, Problem-solving ,Problem-solving ,Sample (statistics) ,02 engineering and technology ,Preliminary analysis ,Competition (economics) ,[INFO.INFO-CY]Computer Science [cs]/Computers and Society [cs.CY] ,020204 information systems ,Inclusive Competitions ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Mathematics education ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Sociology ,Inclusive competitions,Computational thinking,Problem-solving ,Structure (mathematical logic) ,business.industry ,4. Education ,Computational thinking ,Deep learning ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,Computational Thinking ,Informatics ,Artificial intelligence ,business ,0503 education - Abstract
International audience; The paper presents the Olimpiadi di Problem Solving, a mild and inclusive competition aimed to promote computational thinking and general problem-solving in Italian schools. We describe motivation, teaching strategies behind the initiative, as well as its structure, organization and give some sample of the problems proposed to students. We also present some data that show the broad participation of Italian schools to the initiative, and a preliminary analysis of the results obtained by the students in the last 5 editions, which suggests that the competition fosters deep learning of computational thinking knowledge and skills.
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- 2018
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