Paper Info
Title
Developing resources to support a national computer science curriculum for K-12
Abstract
This session will continue efforts by the ACM and Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) to create a comprehensive body of resources to support the implementation of a national K-12 computer science curriculum. The ACM K-12 Computer Science Curriculum Committee, with input from the Computer Science educational community, published a Model Curriculum [1] in 2003. The Model suggests a 4-level curriculum. Level-1 topics, primarily for the K-8 years, closely follow the well-defined ISTE Standards. Level-2 topics are suggested for all students in grades 9 or 10 and are comprised of introductory computer science content. Level-3 topics focus on analysis and design with emphasis on the scientific and engineering aspects of computer science. AP Computer Science and special topics courses comprise Level-4. This special session will focus on the learning objectives and activities for Level 2 of the K-12 Computer Science Model curriculum. Attendees will be invited to provide critical feedback that will help move the curriculum project forward.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1145/1047344.1047357
Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Keywords
Field
DocType
computer science education,standardization,pedagogy
Software engineering,Computer science,Algorithmic thinking,Curriculum,AP Computer Science,Mathematics education,Multimedia,Standardization,Computer science curriculum,Curriculum theory,Science education
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
37
1
0097-8418
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-58113-997-7
2
0.45
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Anita Verno121.80
Debbie Carter220.45
Robb Cutler3488.62
Michelle Hutton420.45
Lenny Pitt520.45