Katerina Tsarava

Tsarava, K., Moeller, K., Román-González, M., Golle, J., Leifheit, L., Butz, M. V., & Ninaus, M. (2021). A cognitive definition of computational thinking in primary education. Computers & Education, 179 (December 2021), 104425. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104425 
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Tsarava, K., Moeller, K., & Ninaus, M. (2018). Training Computational Thinking through board games: The case of Crabs & Turtles. International Journal of Serious Games, 5(2), (pp. 25-44). https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2536 
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Nutz, M., Kunz, K., & Tsarava, K. (2024, May). Development and Empirical Assessment of an Intervention on the Internet's Structure and Functioning for Third and Fourth Graders. In 2024 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) (pp. 01-10). IEEE. doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON60312.2024.10578725  
Kunz, K., Moeller, K., Ninaus, M., Trautwein, U., & Tsarava, K. (2023). Making the Transition to Text-Based Programming: The Pilot Evaluation of a Computational Thinking Intervention for Primary School Students. Proceedings of WiPSCE ’23: Conference on Primary and Secondary Computing Education Research (WiPSCE ’23). New York, NY, USA: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3605468.3609770 

 Tsarava, K., Ninaus, M. Hannemann, T., Volná, Moeller, K., & Brom, C. (2020). Fostering Knowledge of Computer Viruses among Children: The Effects of a Lesson with a Cartoon Series. In Koli Calling '20: Proceedings of the 20th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research (Koli Calling '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 10, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1145/3428029.3428033 

 Leifheit, L., Tsarava, K., Ninaus, M., Ostermann, K., Golle, J., Trautwein, U., & Moeller, K. (2020). SCAPA: Development of a Questionnaire Assessing Self-Concept and Attitudes Toward Programming. Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - ITiCSE 2020. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387415 

  
Tsarava, K., Leifheit, L., Ninaus, M., Román-González, M., Butz, M. V., Golle, J., Trautwein, U., & Moeller, K. (2019). Cognitive Correlates of Computational Thinking: Evaluation of a Blended Unplugged/Plugged-In Course. Proceedings of WiPSCE ’19: Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE ’19) (Article No. 24). New York, NY, USA: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3361721.3361729   

Leifheit, L., Tsarava, K., Moeller, K., Ostermann, K., Golle, J., Trautwein, U., & Ninaus, M. (2019). Development of a Questionnaire on Self-concept, Motivational Beliefs, and Attitude Towards Programming. Proceedings of WiPSCE ’19: Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE ’19) (Article No. 26). New York, NY, USA: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3361721.3361730 

Ninaus, M., Tsarava, K., & Moeller, K. (2019). A Pilot Study on the Feasibility of Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment in Game-Based Learning Using Heart-Rate. Proceedings of Games and Learning Alliance conference (GALA 2019) - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 117-128). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34350-7_12  

Appel, T., Sevcenko, N., Wortha, F., Tsarava, K., Moeller, K., Ninaus, M., Kasneci, E., & Gerjets, P. (2019). Predicting Cognitive Load in an Emergency Simulation Based on Behavioral and Physiological Measures. In W. Gao, H.M.L. Meng, M. Turk, S.R. Fussel, B. Schuller, Y. Song, & K. Yu (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction ICMI ’19 (pp. 154-163). New York, NY, USA: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3340555.3353735   

Barrocas, R., Ninaus, M., Tsarava, K., Gawrilow, C., Lachmair, M., Roesch, S., & Moeller, K. (2019). Digits grasp digits: Numbers on your fingertips. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN19) (pp. 7165-7174). Barcelona, Valencia: IATED Academy. https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2019.1714   

Tsarava, K., Moeller, K., & Ninaus, M. (2019). Board Games for Training Computational Thinking. Proceedings of Games and Learning Alliance conference (GALA 2018) - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 1–11). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11548-7_9 

Stergiou, C., Plageras, A. P., Psannis, K. E., Xifilidis, T., Kokkonis, G., Kontogiannis, S., Tsarava, K., & Sapountzi, A. (2018). Proposed High Level Architecture of a Smart Interconnected Interactive Classroom. In 2018 South-Eastern European Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Society Media Conference (SEEDA_CECNSM) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.23919/SEEDA-CECNSM.2018.8544922  

Tsarava, K., Moeller, K., Pinkwart, N., Butz, M., Trautwein, U., & Ninaus, M. (2017). Training computational thinking: Game-based unplugged and plugged-in activities in primary school. Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Game Based Learning (pp. 687-695). Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited. Download here.

Tsarava, K., Markaki, E., Demetriadis, S., & Patila, S. (2015). Creating in ScratchJr with tablets: Collaborative Activities for A Junior. Proceedings of the 4th Panhellenic Scientific Conference “Integration and Use of ICT in Education”, 30th October-1st November 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Markaki, E., & Tsarava, K. (2015). Collaborative Activities with Cloud Computing Tools for Teacher Training in the Educational Use of Youtube. Proceedings of the 4th Panhellenic Scientific Conference “Integration and Use of ICT in the Educational Process”, 30th October-1st November 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Tsarava, K., Halkidis, S. T., Venardos, P., & Stephanides, G. (2013). Teaching basic calculus using SAGE. Strategic Role of Tertiary Education and Technologies for Sustainable Competitive Advantage.
 

Tsarava, K., & Kunz, K. (2024). Konzeption und Evaluation von Informatikkursen für begabte Grundschüler*innen: Erkenntnisse aus dem Informatikcurriculum der Hector Kinderakademien in Baden-Württemberg. PH Schwyz. [Colloquium Talk]

Tsarava, K., Kunz, K., Wacker, J., Wagner, W., Golle, J., & Trautwein, U. (2023). Hector Informatics Curriculum: Lass’ uns programmieren! Digital Education Day 2023 - TüCeDE. [Poster]

Jaggy, A.-K., Tsarava, K., Ninaus, M., Benedek, M. & Moeller, K. (August, 2023). Associations between Creativity & Computational Thinking in Primary School: Computational Creativity. EARLI 2023. [Talk]

Zhang, Z., Suren, M., Fischer, H., Tsarava, K., Seemann, M.,  & Joos, R. (August, 2023). EU-FairPlay: Educational Equity and Digital Game-Based Learning. Current state of research. EARLI 2023.  [Round Table Discussion]

Jaggy, A.-K., Tsarava, K., Ninaus, M., Benedek, M. & Moeller, K. (July 2022). Associations between Creativity and Computational Thinking: Does gender moderate them? 6th Network Gender & STEM Conference 2022. [Poster]

Athanasiadou, K., Gavrhil, S. Tsarava, K., Chrysou, M., Parkfuse: Biodiversity as the trigger for environmental communication through a gamified multimedia application. 1st Greek Conference of Communication Labs (cclabs 2022), 25-26 June 2022, Argostoli, Greece.

Tsarava, K., (2020, November). Computational Thinking: Teaching Approaches, Assessment & Cognitive Correlates. Invited talk at the Department of Primary Education at the University of Western Macedonia, Greece. [Invited talk]

Tsarava, K., Ninaus, M., Hannemann, T., Volná, K., Moeller, K., & Brom, C. (2020, October). Teaching primary school children about computer viruses: preliminary results of an intervention study. In Proceedings of the 15th Workshop on Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE '20). Essen, Germany Online Conference. [Poster]

Tsarava, K., Leifheit, L., Ninaus, M, Roman-Gonzalez, M., Golle, J., Trautwein, U., & Möller, K. (2019, October). Cognitive Correlates of Computational Thinking in Elementary School. 14th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE '19). Glasgow, UK. [Talk]
Tsarava, K., & Leifheit, L. (2019, April). Computational Thinking with CS unplugged. Invited talk at ANR #CreaMaker workshop: co-creativity, robotics and maker education. Nice, France. [Invited talk]

Tsarava, K., Moeller, K., & Ninaus, M. (2018, December). Board Games for Training Computational Thinking. 7th International Games and Learning Alliance conference – GALA2018. Palermo, Italy. [Talk]

Tsarava, K., Leifheit, L., Moeller, K., & Ninaus, M. (2018, October). Crabs & Turtles: A Series of Computational Adventures. 12th European Conference on Game Based Learning. Sophia Antipolis, France. [Talk]

Tsarava, K., Moeller, K., & Ninaus, M. (2018, July). Design and Game-Experience Evaluation of Three Games to Foster Computational Thinking. 2nd Virtual Environments: Current TOpics in Psychological Research (VECTOR) workshop. [Poster]

Tsarava, K., Moeller, K., Pinkwart, N., Butz, M., Trautwein, U., & Ninaus, M. (2017). Training computational thinking: Game-based unplugged and plugged-in activities in primary school. 11th European Conference on Games Based Learning, Graz, Austria. [Talk]

Tsarava, K., Markaki, E., Demetriadis, S., & Patila, S., (2015, October). Creating in ScratchJr with tablets: Collaborative Activities for A Junior. 4th Panhellenic Scientific Conference “Integration and Use of ICT in Education”, Greece. [Talk]

Markaki, E. & Tsarava, K. (2015, October). Collaborative Activities with Cloud Computing Tools for Teacher Training in the Educational Use of Youtube. 4th Panhellenic Scientific Conference “Integration and Use of ICT in the Educational Process”, Thessaloniki, Greece. [Talk]

Tsarava, K., Halkidis, S., Venardos, P., & Stephanides, G. (2011, July). Teaching Basic Calculus Using SAGE. Tech-Education 2012: 3rd International Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, Quality of Teaching and Reforming of Education, Barcelona, Spain. [Talk]
 

• Planet of Internet course manual in German
• Crabs and Turtles board games in German
• Creative on the Computer course manual in German

Campus Schulmanagement - Warum Informatikunterricht in die Grundschule gehört (in press) von A.-K. Bielage, feat. K. Tsarava.
Source: https://www.campus-schulmanagement.de/magazin/warum-informatikunterricht-in-die-grundschule-gehoert 

  
Campus Schulmanagement - (Wie) können digitale Spiele Bildungsgerechtigkeit fördern? von A.-K. Bielage, feat. K. Tsarava .
Source:  https://www.campus-schulmanagement.de/magazin/wie-koennen-digitale-spiele-die-bildungsgerechtigkeit-foerdern 

 
ZeitOnline - Programmieren für Kinder: Hallo Welt, hier coded Anna von Pauline Schinkels, feat. K. Tsarava..
Source: https://www.zeit.de/digital/2022-08/programmieren-kinder-coding-lernen-spielzeug 

Forum zum Thema: Informatik in der Grundschule - Ein fächerübergreifender, spielerischer und niederschwelliger Einstieg in die Themen der Informatik, Online-Tagung am 23.6.22, L. Treder, K. Tsarava.
 

Ubiquitous Interfaces in School – Undergraduate course [SS 2024]
University of West Macedonia – Department of Primary Education, Florina, Greece.

Development of Digital Didactic Material – Undergraduate course [SS 2024]
University of West Macedonia – Department of Primary Education, Florina, Greece.

ICT in Education – Undergraduate course [SS 2024]
University of West Macedonia – Department of Primary Education Florina, Greece.

Computing in Practice – Undergraduate course [SS 2024]
University of East London – Metropolitan College, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Maths for Computing – Undergraduate course [WS 2023]
University of East London – Metropolitan College, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Computing Education Research Topics – Postgraduate Seminar [SS 2022]
University of Tübingen, Department of informatics, Tübingen, Germany.

Computing in Primary School Level – Postgraduate Seminar [SS 2022]
University of Tübingen, Department of informatics, Tübingen, Germany.

Databases – Undergraduate course [WS 2015]
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Informatics, Thessaloniki, Greece.
 

Jana Wacker (M.Ed.), “Fehlkonzepte von Grundschulkindern im Hochbegabtenprogramm der Hector Kinderakademien zu den algorithmischen Grundbausteinen Sequenz, Schleife und bedingter Verzweigung”,  (2024).
Faculty of Science, University of Tübingen.
(Supervision: Prof. Dr. Butz; Co-supervision: K. Kunz, K. Tsarava)
Afroditi Kourtali (B.Sc.), „Education on Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Issues: Educational Programmes and Approaches“, (2024).
Metropolitan College, University of East London.
(Supervision: K. Tsarava)
Falk Saur (M.Ed.), "Frühe Bildung in allen Themen der Informatik mit Ausnahme des Programmierens - Analyse der vorhandenen Kurse und Vergleich mit den deutschen Bildungsplänen", (2023).
Faculty of Science, University of Tübingen.
(Supervision: Prof. Dr. Grust; Co-supervision: K. Tsarava)
Philipp Wagner (B.Ed.), “Die Einfuehrung von Kuenstlicher Intelligenz an Schulen im Primarbereich”, (2023).
Faculty of Science, University of Tübingen.
(Supervision: Prof. Dr. Hennig; Co-supervision: K. Tsarava)
Mareike Nutz (M.Ed.), “Entwicklung und empirische Untersuchung einer Intervention zum Aufbau und der Funktionsweise des Internets mit Dritt- und Viertklässlern”, (2022). 
Faculty of Science, University of Tübingen. 
(Supervision: Prof. Dr. Kasneci; Co-supervision: K. Tsarava)
Allmuth Junga (M.Sc.), “Associations of Computational Thinking, Creativity, and computational Creativity”, (2022). 
Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Tübingen.
(Supervision: Prof. Dr. Nagengast; Co-supervision: K. Tsarava, A.-K. Jaggy)
Xenia Stein (M.Sc.), “Evaluation eine digitalen Variantedes HCC ”Fit f ̈ur dieMathematik-Olympiade”, (2022). 
Faculty of Science, University of Tübingen.
(Supervision: Prof. Dr. Golle; Co-supervision: K. Tsarava)
Sophie Gentner (B.Sc.), “Computational Thinking in der Grundschule – Evaluation eines Unplugged-Kurses für die 1. und 2. Klasse”, (2022). 
Faculty of Science, University of Tübingen.
(Supervision: Prof. Dr. Kasneci; Co-supervision: K. Tsarava)
Steffanie Otto (M.Sc.), “Validierung des „Beginners Computational Thinking Test” in seiner deutschen Version”, (2022). 
Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Tübingen.
(Supervision: Prof. Dr. Trautwein; Co-supervision: K. Tsarava)
Moritz Werner (B.Sc.), “Computational Thinking in Beziehung zu seinen verwandten psychologischen Konstrukten”, (2020). 
Faculty of Science, University of Tübingen.
(Supervision: Prof. Dr. Möller; Co-supervision: K. Tsarava)
 

Project: “Parkfuse: Biodiversity as the trigger for environmental communication through a gamified multimedia application”
Award: Best paper award at the 1st Greek Conference of Communication Labs, 25-26 June 2022, Argostoli, Greece
Authors: Athanasiadou, K., Gavrhil, S. Tsarava, K., Chrysou, M.

Project: “Crabs & Turtles: A Series of Computational Adventures”
Award: joint overall 1st award and 1st award in the category of non-digital games at the 6th International Educational Games Competition of the 12th European Conference on Games Based Learning, 4-5 October 2018, Sophia-Antipolis, France
Authors: Tsarava, K., Leifheit, L.

Project: “The missing link between Computational Thinking & Creativity”
Funding source: LEAD Graduate School & Research Network, LEAD Intramural Research Funding
Year: 2021
Amount: 9.300€

Project: “Computational Thinking als kognitive Grundlage des Programmierens” (in English: Computational Thinking as the Cognitive Foundation of Programming)
Funding source: Dr. Eberle Zentrum für digitale Kompetenzen der Universität Tübingen, Open Educational Resources-Förderung: “Digitale Lehr- und Lernmaterialien”
Year: 2020
Amount: 8.900€