Computer Science Contests for Secondary School Students: Approaches to Classification
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The International Olympiad in Informatics currently provides a model which is imitated by the majority of contests for secondary school students in Informatics or Computer Science. However, the IOI model can be criticized, and alternative contest models exist. To support the discussion about contests in Computer Science, several dimensions for characterizing and classifying contests are suggested.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Informatics in Education
دوره 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006