Creativity as a pathway to computer science

  • Authors:
  • Maria Knobelsdorf;Ralf Romeike

  • Affiliations:
  • Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany;Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

The study presented in this paper explores characteristics of creativity and the question whether creativity forms a possible pathway into the field of Computer Science (CS). For this purpose, we analyze computing experiences of students majoring in CS and Bioinformatics. The study is part of two research projects exploring creativity in CS Education and students' pathways to CS.