A Comparison of Abstraction and Algorithmic Tasks Used in Bebras Challenge

Autor:	Jiří VANÍČEK, Václav ŠIMANDL, Patrik KLOFÁČ
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	computer science education secondary school Bebras challenge abstract tasks task difficulty gender comparison Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Zdroj:	Informatics in Education, Vol 20, Iss 4, Pp 717-736 (2021)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1648-5831 2335-8971
DOI:	10.15388/infedu.2021.30
Popis:	This paper focuses on the analysis of Bebras Challenge tasks to find Informatics tasks that develop abstract thinking. Our study seeks to find which Bebras tasks develop abstraction and in what way. We analysed hundreds of tasks from the Czech contest to identify those tasks requiring participants to abstract directly or use abstract structures. Results show that an agreement among experts on stating which task is focused on abstraction is at a moderate level. We discovered that tasks focused on abstraction occur four to five times less frequently in sets of contest tasks than algorithmic tasks. Our findings proved that abstract tasks results compared with algorithmic ones did not differ in neither age nor gender group of contestants.
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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