TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dagiene, Valentina
A1  - Jevsikova, Tatjana
A1  - Schule, Carsten
A1  - Sentance, Sue
A1  - Thota, Neena
T1  - A comparison of current trends within computer science teaching in school in Germany and the UK
JF  - Commentarii informaticae didacticae : (CID)
N2  - In the last two years, CS as a school subject has gained a lot of attention worldwide, although different countries have differing approaches to and experiences of introducing CS in schools. This paper reports on a study comparing current trends in CS at school, with a major focus on two countries, Germany and UK. A survey was carried out of a number of teaching professionals and experts from the UK and Germany with regard to the content and delivery of CS in school. An analysis of the quantitative data reveals a difference in foci in the two countries; putting this into the context of curricular developments we are able to offer interpretations of these trends and suggest ways in which curricula in CS at school should be moving forward.
KW  - CS Ed Research
KW  - ICT
KW  - CS at school
KW  - CS curriculum
KW  - topics
KW  - international comparison
KW  - international study
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-64504
SN  - 1868-0844
SN  - 2191-1940
IS  - 6
SP  - 63
EP  - 75
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Chmielewski, Anna K.
A1  - Dumont, Hanna
A1  - Trautwein, Ulrich
T1  - Tracking effects depend on tracking type
BT  - an international comparison of students’ mathematics self-concept
T2  - American educational research journal
N2  - The aim of the present study was to examine how different types of tracking— between-school streaming, within-school streaming, and course-by-course tracking—shape students’ mathematics self-concept. This was done in an internationally comparative framework using data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). After controlling for individual and track mean achievement, results indicated that generally for students in course-by-course tracking, high-track students had higher mathematics self-concepts and low-track students had lower mathematics self-concepts. For students in between-school and within-school streaming, the reverse pattern was found. These findings suggest a solution to the ongoing debate about the effects of tracking on students’ academic self-concept and suggest that the reference groups to which students compare themselves differ according to the type of tracking.
KW  - academic self-concept
KW  - international comparison
KW  - reference groups
KW  - social comparison
KW  - tracking
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-404052
VL  - 50
IS  - 5
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Chmielewski, Anna K.
A1  - Dumont, Hanna
A1  - Trautwein, Ulrich
T1  - Tracking Effects Depend on Tracking Type
BT  - An International Comparison of Students’ Mathematics Self-Concept
JF  - American Educational Research Journal
N2  - The aim of the present study was to examine how different types of tracking—
between-school streaming, within-school streaming, and course-by-course
tracking—shape students’ mathematics self-concept. This was done in an
internationally comparative framework using data from the Programme for
International Student Assessment (PISA). After controlling for individual
and track mean achievement, results indicated that generally for students
in course-by-course tracking, high-track students had higher mathematics
self-concepts and low-track students had lower mathematics self-concepts.
For students in between-school and within-school streaming, the reverse pat-
tern was found. These findings suggest a solution to the ongoing debate about
the effects of tracking on students’ academic self-concept and suggest that the
reference groups to which students compare themselves differ according to the
type of tracking.
KW  - academic self-concept
KW  - international comparison
KW  - reference groups
KW  - social comparison
KW  - tracking
Y1  - 2013
UR  - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3102/0002831213489843
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831213489843
SN  - 0002-8312
VL  - 50
IS  - 5
SP  - 926
EP  - 957
PB  - Sage
CY  - Thousand Oaks, Calif.
ER  -