Organizers

Program

All times are in CEST (UTC+2) time.

March 11, 2026

from 11:30
Registration & Snack
12:30 - 13:00
Welcome and Introduction
Chair: Nadine Bergner
13:00 - 14:00
Keynote I
Chair: tba
Assessing Computational Thinking in Early Learners: From Competency Tests to Multimethod Evaluation (Abstract)
María Zapata Cáceres
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee break
14:30 - 16:00
Paper Session 1: Teaching Machine Learning
Chair: tba
Turning Students into Neurons — Evaluating an Embodied CS Unplugged Learning Activity on Neural Networks (Full Paper)
Lukas Lehner, Selina Reinhard, Martina Landman and René Röpke
ETeaching Machine Learning and Computational Thinking in Secondary Education: Hands-On vs. Video-Based Approaches (Full Paper)
Line Have Musaeus, Luke John Connelly, Karl-Emil Kjær Bilstrup, Magnus Kaspersen and Peter Musaeus
Strategy-Oriented Feedback for Fostering Systematic Problem-Solving in Machine Learning Education (Full Paper)
Clemens Witt, Thiemo Leonhardt, Erik Marx and Mareen Grillenberger
16:00 - 16:45
Poster Session 1
16:45 - 17:00
Coffee break
17:00 - 19:00
Excursions
e.g. hike to the Dreiländereck.
19:00 - 21:00
Welcome Reception
drinks & snacks

March 12, 2026

08:30 - 09:00
Getting started & organizational matters
09:00 - 10:30
Paper Session 2: Programming
Chair: tba
What Makes Programming Lessons Authentic? (Full Paper)
Gert Braune and Andreas Mühling
Evaluating the cognitive effects of computer programming on inference skills in primary education (Full Paper)
Guglielmo Abbruzzese, Luca Forlizzi and Enrico Nardelli
Analysing Students' Journeys when Learning Programming using the Epistemic Plane from LC (Full Paper)
Paul Curzon, Jane Waite and Steve Kirk
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Paper Session 3: Teacher
Chair: tba
Exploring Teacher Beliefs and Motivational Orientations Across Qualification Pathways in CS Education (Full Paper)
Philipp Wente and Andreas Mühling
It's important, but... -- Secondary Computing Teachers’ Beliefs and Self-Efficacy about Teaching Social Issues (Full Paper)
Nils Dyck, Juliane Sperling and Michael T. Rücker
Exploring Preservice Teachers’ Conceptual Trajectories While Teaching an AI and STEM Integrated Unit: A Research-in-Practice Report (Practical Report)
Meize Guo, Yongju Jeon, Alexis Cobo, Kristen Apraiz and Maya Israel
12:30 - 13:00
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Paper Session 4: Programming + Teachers
Chair: tba
How to Determine the Educational Usability of Programming Tools? Teachers Perspectives (Full Paper)
Felix Weißenrieder, Stefanie Lenzer and Andreas Mühling
Teachers' Engagement, Practice and Transfer with a Novel Instructional Design for Teaching Programming in Mathematics: A Professional Development Perspective (Full Paper)
Sindre Mathias Strømnes Nordvoll, Ragnhild Kobro Runde, Quintin Cutts and Dag I. K. Sjøberg
14:00 - 14:45
Poster Session 2
14:45 - 15:00
Coffee break
15:00 - 16:00
Paper Session 5: Physical Computing
Chair: tba
Not SewSimple: Navigating UK Curriculum and Classroom Practice in Secondary Computing Education with E-textiles (Full Paper)
Yifan Feng, Hanlin Zhang, Yishan Du, Weihong Tang, Jennifer A. Rode and Bea Wohl
Exploring the Role of Grounded Cognition in Physical Computing: A Thematic Synthesis (Full Paper)
Katharine Childs and Maria Kallia
16:00 - 16:30
Outlook for WiPSCE 2027
16:30 - 17:30
SC meeting (for members only)
18:00 - 22:00
Conference Dinner

March 13, 2026

08:30 - 09:00
Getting started & organizational matters
09:00 - 10:30
Paper Session 6: Using AI & Data Science
Chair: tba
Leveraging LLMs to Grade Code Comments in High School Assessment (Full Paper)
Henry Hickman and Tim Bell
Automatic Difficulty Evaluation of Bebras Tasks- Comparison between Results from LLMs, Expert Views and IRT Analysis (Full Paper)
Mohsen Asgari, Linda Mannila and Filip Strömbäck
Analysing data paradigms in K--12 data science activities: A systematic literature review (Full Paper)
Robert Whyte, Manni Cheung, Katharine Childs, Jane Waite and Sue Sentance
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:45
Paper Session 7: Miscellaneous
Chair: tba
Conceptual Change of 7th Grade Students regarding Artificial Intelligence (Work-in-Progress Paper)
Tobias Bahr
Exploring Information Encoding Modeling Across Domains in Computer Science Education (Work in Progress) (Work-in-Progress Paper)
Heike Buttke and Johannes Krugel
11:45 - 12:00
Final words
12:00 - 13:00
Departure/Coffee Break & Snacks

Information for Presenters