Students from our school's 5th and 6th grades had fun participating in the Bebras Challenge in Informatics and Computational Thinking, which is taking place throughout Greece. Our school's coordinators were the computer science teachers, Trifidi Fotini and Katsamani Korina. The results will be announced after the competition ends.
Participation in the Bebras competition lasts approximately 40 minutes and includes answering 10 short problems or multiple-choice questions that require the application of logical and computational thinking. The topics are fun and attractive and are based on important problems that Informatics scientists often face. They are formulated in such a way that no prior formal knowledge is required to answer them, but logical thinking and a computational mindset.
The goal is for students to correctly solve as many problems as they can in the time available.
What is Computational Thinking?
Computational thinking encompasses the thought processes and problem-solving methods used to develop algorithms and to decompose and recognize patterns. These techniques help both humans and computers to tackle complex problems effectively. Importantly, computational thinking is not limited to software development; these skills are valuable in a variety of problem-solving contexts.
