Full Programme
WiPSCE'19 will start on Wednesday October 23rd at 2pm and continue until Friday October 25th at 2pm. We will have a reception on Wednesday evening and the conference dinner on Thursday evening.
All sessions will take place in the Senate Room - directions in the Practical Information link on wipsce.org website, apart from:
- The poster session and reception on Wednesday from 5pm. This is in the Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QN.
- The workshops on Thursday afternoon - we will tell you where these are on Thursday.
- The conference dinner and ceilidh - 30-34 McPhater St, Glasgow G4 0HW.
Wednesday
| 1400 | Welcome and Introductions |
| 1410 | Keynote 1 |
| Does CS teacher content training deliver what is needed in the classroom? | |
| Beth Simon, University of California, San Diego | |
| 1500 | Coffee |
| 1520 | Papers 1 - Primary Students' Perceptions and Conceptions of CS |
| Which Perceptions Do Primary School Children Have about Programming? (F) 31 | |
| Katharina Geldreich, Alexandra Simon, Elena Starke, Technical University of Munich | |
| Eight-Year-Olds' Conceptions of Computer Viruses: A Quantitative Study (F) 17 | |
| Tereza Hannemann, Tereza Starkova, Pavel Jezek, Charles University, Kristina Volna, Katerina Kacerovska, Czech Television, Cyril Brom, Charles University | |
| Students Perceptions of Programming in Primary School (S) 5 | |
| Ahmed Gashawa, Jalal Nouri, Eva Noren, Lechen Zhang, Stockholm University | |
| 1700 | Poster Introductions |
| 1720 | Posters and Drinks Reception |
| BlocklySQL - A new block-based editor for SQL | |
| Nicolai Pöhner, Timo Schmidt, André Greubel, Martin Hennecke, University of Würzburg, Matthias Ehmann, University of Bayreuth | |
| Programming to learn in Italian primary school | |
| Martina Benvenuti, Augusto Chioccariello, Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche (CNR) - Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche (ITD), Giorgia Giammoro:University of Genova | |
| Why Not Ask Those Who Are Affected? - Development of an Instrument to Measure Students' Interests | |
| Stephan Napierala, University of Duisburg-Essen | |
| Analyzing students' recontextualization strategies for algorithmic concepts | |
| Jacqueline Nijenhuis-Voogt, Dury Bayram-Jacobs, Paulien C. Meijer, Erik Barendsen, Radboud University | |
| How Does an Educational IDE Influence Students' Conceptions of Object-Oriented Programming? Design of a Ph.D. Research Project to Explore Secondary School Students' Conceptions of OOP | |
| Fatma Batur, University Duisburg-Essen | |
| Technoteach: Supporting Computing Teachers Across Wales | |
| Faron Moller, Stewart Powell, Swansea University | |
| STIM - Scholastic Talent Indicator Matrix | |
| Claudia Hildebrandt, Matthias Matzner, University of Oldenburg, Kerstin Höner, Kristiena Matis, University of Braunschweig | |
| Developing Teaching Materials on Artificial Intelligence by Using a Simulation Game | |
| Simone Opel, Michael Schlichtig, Carsten Schulte, University of Paderborn | |
| 1815 | Celtic Harp and Singing |
| 1900 | Close |
Thursday
| 0900 | Keynote 2 |
| Moving to mainstream: developing computing for all | |
| Sue Sentance, Raspberry Pi Foundation | |
| 1000 | Coffee |
| 1020 | Papers 2 - Investigating Teaching Approaches |
| The Effects of a Professional Development Workshop Focusing on Action Research on the Practice of High-School Computer Science Teachers (F) 11 | |
| Ofra Brandes, Michal Armoni, Weizmann Institute of Science | |
| How to Transform Programming Processes in Scratch to Graphical Visualizations (F) 7 | |
| Alexandra Simon, Katharina Geldreich, Peter Hubwieser, Technical University of Munich | |
| Improving Debugging Skills in the Classroom - The Effects of Teaching a Systematic Debugging Process (F) 8 | |
| Tilman Michaeli, FAU Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Ralf Romeike, Freie Universitat Berlin | |
| 1205 | Lunch |
| 1305 | Workshops |
| Exploring spatial skills and computing in primary and secondary education | |
| Jack Parkinson, University of Glasgow | |
| Interdisciplinary Data Education: how to teach Primary and Secondary learners how to be data citizens | |
| Kate Farrell, Judy Robertson, University of Edinburgh | |
| Scratch Maths | |
| Celia Hoyles, University College London | |
| How could industry contribute to primary and secondary computing education | |
| Robbie Robinson, J.P. Morgan | |
| 1505 | Coffee |
| 1535 | Papers 3 - Programming Skills Development in Block Based Programming |
| From 'Use' to 'Choose': Scaffolding Computational Thinking Curricula and Exploring Student Choices while Programming (S) 42 | |
| Nicholas Lytle, Veronica Catete, Amy Isvik, Danielle Boulden, Yihuan Dong, Eric Wiebe, Tiffany Barnes:North Carolina State University | |
| Improving Scratch Programming with CRC-Card Design (S) 12 | |
| Sebastian Keller, Maren Krafft, Gordon Fraser, University of Passau, Neil Walkinshaw, The University of Sheffield, Korbinian Otto, Barbara Sabitzer, JKU Linz | |
| Discriminating Programming Strategies in Scratch - Making the Difference between Novice and Experienced Programmers (F) 24 | |
| Max Kesselbacher, Andreas Bollin, University of Klagenfurt | |
| 1700 | Close |
| 1900 | Dinner and Ceilidh |
Friday
| 0915 | Papers 4 - New Contexts for Computing |
| Computer Science Replugged: What Is the Use of Virtual Reality in Computer Science Education? (S) 6 | |
| Andreas Dengel, Universitat Wärzburg | |
| The Role of Assessment and Reward in Non-Formal Computing Settings (S) 2 | |
| Oliver Quinlan, Sue Sentance, Jonathan Dickins, Rik Cross, Raspberry Pi Foundation | |
| Using children's literature to introduce computing principles and concepts in primary schools (S) 33 | |
| Sarah Twigg, Lynne Blair, Emily Winter, Lancaster University | |
| 1030 | Coffee |
| 1100 | Papers 5 - Cognitive and Affective Characteristics of Students |
| Cognitive Correlates of Computational Thinking in Elementary School: Evaluation of a Blended Unplugged/Plugged-In Course (F) 42 | |
| Katerina Tsarava, Manuel Ninaus, Korbinian Moeller, Luzia Leifheit, Martin Butz, Jessika Golle, Ulrich Trautwein, University of Tubingen, Marcos Roman-Gonzalez, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia | |
| Discipline-Specific Language Learning in a Mainstream Computer Science Classroom: Using a Genre-Based Approach (S) 13 | |
| Fatma Batur, Jan Strobl, University Duisburg-Essen | |
| Development of a Questionnaire on Self-concept, Motivational Beliefs, and Attitude Towards Programming (F) 43 | |
| Luzia Leifheit, Katerina Tsarava, Korbinian Moeller, Klaus Ostermann, Jessika Golle, Ulrich Trautwein, Manuel Ninaus, University of Tubingen | |
| 1235 | Closing Words |
| 1300 | Lunch |
| 1400 | Close |
Questions? Please contact Quintin Cutts (School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Scotland).