ISSEP 2025

Program

Proceedings

The ISSEP Springer proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol.~15958, doi:10.1007/978-3-032-01222-7) are available here and contain 13 full papers presented at the conference. The ISSEP Local proceedings (doi:10.5281/zenodo.16947554) are available here and contain additional 4 papers, along with descriptions of keynotes, workshops, and posters presented at the conference.

Sunday (7th September) - Doctoral Consortium

Time Event
09:00 - 18:00 Doctoral Consortium

Monday (8th September)

Time Event
08:00 - 08:45 Registration (Foyer of building A/B)
08:45 - 09:00 Official welcoming (HS1)
09:00 - 10:00 Keynote: Tobias Kohn, KIT
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 12:00 Session 1: Curricula and Computer Science Concepts (Chair Nataša Grgurina)
  • New Standards for Lower Secondary Education in Informatics in Germany
    Lutz Hellmig, Luisa Gebhardt, André Greubel, Martin Hennecke, Tilman Michaeli, Arno Pasternak, Hermann Puhlmann, Gerhard Röhner, Michael T. Rücker
  • Optimising Programming Curriculum Gradation Using the Program Builds Count Method
    Václav Dobiáš, Václav Šimandl, Jiří Vaníček
  • Measuring Curriculum Impact through Bebras: The Case for Standalone Informatics Education
    Andreas Bollin, Stefan Pasterk, Corinna Mößlacher, Nina Angela Lobnig, Markus Wieser, Michael Jagoutz
  • Principles of Computers – Model Lessons for Lower Secondary School: Experience Report
    Anna Yaghobová, Anna Drobná, Filip Děchtěrenko, Cyril Brom
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Workshops
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 17:00 Workshops
17:10 - 18:00 Steering Committee Meeting (B12)

Tuesday (9th September)

Time Event
09:00 - 10:00 Keynote: Cynthia Solomon, emerit. MIT
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 12:30 Session 2: AI and Digital Literacy (Chair Andreas Bollin)
  • Assessing AI Literacy Skills: A Systematic Review of Questionnaires with Emphasis on Affective, Behavioral, Cognitive, and Ethical Aspects
    Michael Lenke, Nils Klowait, Lea Biere, Carsten Schulte
  • How Aligned Are Humans and Large Language Models in Evaluating Computational Thinking Tasks?
    Mohsen Asgari, Linda Mannila, Filip Strömbäck
  • Interested Boys, Self-Efficacious Girls? Gender-Specific Differences in the Subject Digital World
    Daniel Unro, Rupert Gehrlein, Andreas Dengel
  • Large Language Models in Secondary Informatics Education: Teachers’ Perspectives
    Leonard Busuttil
  • Art Interactive – The Intelligent Museum Guide: A Hands-On Approach to Introducing Key Machine Learning Concepts (Best Presentation)
    Erik Marx, Nadine Bergner
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Session 3: Programming, Problem Solving, and Computational Thinking (Chair Giovanni Serafini)
  • On the Use of Tracing To Diagnose Misconceptions About Iteration
    Gabriele Pozzan, Costanza Padova, Chiara Montuori, Barbara Arfé, Tullio Vardanega
  • A Teaching and Learning Oriented Decomposition of Debugging Subskills Informed by Cognitive Load Theory
    Gabriele Pozzan, Andreas Bollin, Tullio Vardanega
  • BeLLE: Exploring the Accuracy of the Task Difficulty Ratings in the Bebras Challenge
    Heidi Kaarto, Timi Niemensivu, Valentina Dagiene, Daranee Lehtonen, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Jo Van Hoof
  • Towards the Educational Reconstruction of Computational Thinking and Making in Pre-Service Kindergarten Teacher Training
    Tobias Bahr
15:00 - 18:00 Visit to a winery
18:00 - 18:30 Trip to the conference banquet
18:30 - 20:00 Conference banquet (Deutschherrenhof)

Wednesday (10th September)

Time Event
09:00 - 10:00 Keynote: Valentina Dagiene, Vilnius University
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 12:00 Poster session
  • From Curricula to Classrooms: Primary School Teachers’ First Experiences and Challenges in Teaching CS
    Felix Ziemann, Torsten Brinda
  • Novice Programming Misconceptions in Elementary Education
    Monika Mladenović, Žana Žanko
  • Conceptual Models for Teaching Quantum Computing: A Normative Analysis
    Daniel Krosse, Alexander Best
  • K-6 Teachers' Wishes and Expectations for Computer Science Training
    Eve Tessenow, Alexander Best
  • Engaging Learners through a Physical Computing-Based Chess Escape Room (Best Poster)
    Deividas Roščenkovas, Anita Juskeviciene, Gabrielė Stupurienė
  • PyToPseu: Automatic Natural-Language Formulations of Programming Constructs to Avoid Misconceptions
    Jean-Philippe Pellet, Patrick Wang
  • Assessing Design Thinking in Computing: Towards an Automated Evaluation of Skills
    Snieguolė Bagočienė
  • "Art Heist at the Museum": Data Science Education through Educational Breakouts in an Informatics Teaching and Learning Lab
    Kira Klaner, Nils Pancratz
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Session 4: Teachers' Perspective (Chair Jean-Philippe Pellet)
  • Method Meets Mindset: A Survey Instrument for Teachers' Beliefs and Self-Efficacy on Social Issues in Secondary Computing Education (Best Paper)
    Juliane Sperling, Nils Dyck, Michael T. Rücker
  • Professional Development for Bavarian Computer Science Teachers: Evaluation and Effects on Attitudes towards AI
    Mathias Ehmann, Nicole Günzel-Weinkamm, Martin Hennecke, Silvia Joachim
  • Teaching Computational Thinking Through Active Games: Insights from Teacher Training
    Taina Lehtimäki, Eddie Costello, Kevin Casey, Rosemary Monahan, Aidan Mooney, Thomas J. Naughton
  • Introducing Early-Stage Informatics Education in Primary Teacher Education
    Gia Minh Vo, Marco Kindervater, Nils Pancratz
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00 Awards, announcements, official ending
Room Layout Building A and B

Location

The conference will be held inside the A/B-building of Campus I. All room layout is indicated in the diagram left.