Paper Info
Title
Developing Competency Statements for Computer Science Curricula: The Way Ahead
Abstract
This Working Group aims to take the current approved Computer Science curricula document, CS2013, and redevelop it into competency statements. The CC2020 project has designed and built a prototype of a visualization tool to compare and contrast current computing curricula. Three basic approaches were taken to portray the base data that will be used for the tool: the first being expert-defined competencies, the second based on mining, and the third based on expert-defined knowledge areas. The visualization tool takes competency statements from each of the current approved computing curricula and visually represents them. Using competency to frame curricula and describe educational outcomes in computing is not new. Since the CC2005 report was published several additional curricula have appeared and the information technology, information systems, and software engineering communities have developed three approaches to defining computing competency in the context of developing their curricula reports. In future the CC2020 report advocates that all new curricula will be written as competency statements. Currently the CS2013 curricula is expressed in learning outcomes rather than the competency statements, so it is essential to be able to demonstrate Computer Science curricula in these new terms to accommodate the new direction and demonstrate Computer Science in the new visualization tool.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1145/3341525.3394995
ITiCSE '20: Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Trondheim Norway June, 2020
DocType
ISBN
Citations 
Conference
978-1-4503-6874-2
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
12
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alison Clear101.69
Tony Clear248896.55
Abhijat Vichare300.34
Thea Charles400.68
Stephen Frezza500.68
Mirela Gutica600.68
Barry Lunt700.34
Francesco Maiorana801.01
Arnold Pears930034.58
Francois Pitt1000.34
Charles Reidesel1100.34
Justyna Szynkiewicz1200.34