The Role of Algorithm in General Secondary Education Revisited
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Role of Algorithm in General Secondary Education Revisited
Original language description
The traditional purpose of algorithm in education is to prepare students for programming. In our effort to introduce the practically missing computing science into Czech general secondary education, we have revisited this purpose. We propose an approach,which is in better accordance with the goals of general secondary education in Czechia. The importance of programming is diminishing, while recognition of algorithmic procedures and precise (yet concise) communication of algorithms is gaining importance. This includes expressing algorithms in natural language, which is more useful for most of the students than programming. We propose criteria to evaluate such descriptions. finally, an idea about the limitations is required (inefficient algorithms, unsolvable problems, Turing's test). We describe these adjusted educational goals and an outline of the resulting course. Our experience with carrying out the proposed intentions is satisfactory, although we did not accomplish all the defined
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
AM - Pedagogy and education
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
Informatics in Schools: Local Proceedings of the 6th International Conference ISSEP 2013 - Selected Papers
ISBN
978-3-86956-222-3
ISSN
1868-0844
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Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
99-110
Publisher name
Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Place of publication
Potsdam
Event location
Oldenburg
Event date
Feb 26, 2013
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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