Bebras: A Social Approach for Concept Based Learning of Informatics and Computational Thinking

The International Informatics and Computational Thinking Challenge, which is more widely known as Bebras, or Bilge Kunduz in Turkey, has become an increasingly popular event worldwide over the past 15 years, with more countries becoming involved, and reaching more students each and every year. Curre...

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Main Authors: Filiz Kalelioğlu, Dilek Doğan, Erinç Karataş, Yasemin Gülbahar
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Language:English
Published: Ankara University 2020-04-01
Series:Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1032946
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Dilek Doğan
Erinç Karataş
Yasemin Gülbahar
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description The International Informatics and Computational Thinking Challenge, which is more widely known as Bebras, or Bilge Kunduz in Turkey, has become an increasingly popular event worldwide over the past 15 years, with more countries becoming involved, and reaching more students each and every year. Current participation stands at around 2,614,000 students across 45 countries. The Bilge Kunduz (Bebras) challenge is a multifunctional and wide-ranging event that focusses on computational thinking skills based on the concepts of informatics. The event has been organised in Turkey for the past five years, with participation increasing each year. In this context, the aim of the current study is to share the theoretical background of the challenge and to report on data obtained by examining the event held in Turkey over the past four years. The study group of this research study is composed of 97,494 Turkish primary school students from the 5th and 6th grades. Split by event year, the group consists of 13,784 students from the 2015 challenge, 15,678 from 2016, 24,282 from 2017, and 43,750 students from 2018 who participated in the challenge. All of the students participated voluntarily. Descriptive research method was used in this study. When the nationwide activity results were examined, it was observed that female participants were more successful than male participants, that 6th graders were more successful than 5th graders, and that private school students were more successful than those from public state schools.
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spelling doaj-art-a6b448872beb4853860a1cdf97d3a4ea2025-01-29T09:14:43ZengAnkara UniversityAnkara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi1301-37182020-04-0153124127210.30964/auebfd.56077145Bebras: A Social Approach for Concept Based Learning of Informatics and Computational ThinkingFiliz Kalelioğlu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7729-5674Dilek Doğan1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6988-9547Erinç Karataş2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4336-6232Yasemin Gülbahar3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1726-3224BAŞKENT ÜNİVERSİTESİANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİThe International Informatics and Computational Thinking Challenge, which is more widely known as Bebras, or Bilge Kunduz in Turkey, has become an increasingly popular event worldwide over the past 15 years, with more countries becoming involved, and reaching more students each and every year. Current participation stands at around 2,614,000 students across 45 countries. The Bilge Kunduz (Bebras) challenge is a multifunctional and wide-ranging event that focusses on computational thinking skills based on the concepts of informatics. The event has been organised in Turkey for the past five years, with participation increasing each year. In this context, the aim of the current study is to share the theoretical background of the challenge and to report on data obtained by examining the event held in Turkey over the past four years. The study group of this research study is composed of 97,494 Turkish primary school students from the 5th and 6th grades. Split by event year, the group consists of 13,784 students from the 2015 challenge, 15,678 from 2016, 24,282 from 2017, and 43,750 students from 2018 who participated in the challenge. All of the students participated voluntarily. Descriptive research method was used in this study. When the nationwide activity results were examined, it was observed that female participants were more successful than male participants, that 6th graders were more successful than 5th graders, and that private school students were more successful than those from public state schools.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1032946informaticscomputational thinkingcomputer sciencebebrasenformatikbilgi-işlemsel düşünmebilge kunduzbebras
spellingShingle Filiz Kalelioğlu
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Bebras: A Social Approach for Concept Based Learning of Informatics and Computational Thinking
Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi
informatics
computational thinking
computer science
bebras
enformatik
bilgi-işlemsel düşünme
bilge kunduz
bebras
title Bebras: A Social Approach for Concept Based Learning of Informatics and Computational Thinking
title_full Bebras: A Social Approach for Concept Based Learning of Informatics and Computational Thinking
title_fullStr Bebras: A Social Approach for Concept Based Learning of Informatics and Computational Thinking
title_full_unstemmed Bebras: A Social Approach for Concept Based Learning of Informatics and Computational Thinking
title_short Bebras: A Social Approach for Concept Based Learning of Informatics and Computational Thinking
title_sort bebras a social approach for concept based learning of informatics and computational thinking
topic informatics
computational thinking
computer science
bebras
enformatik
bilgi-işlemsel düşünme
bilge kunduz
bebras
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1032946
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