Guide to Teaching Computer Science : An Activity Based Approach This guide presents both a conceptual framework and detailed implementation guidelines for general computer science (CS) teaching. The content is clearly written and structured to be applicable to all levels of CS education and for any teaching organization without limiting its focus to instruction for any specific curriculum programming language or paradigm. Features: presents an overview of research in CS education; examines strategies for teaching problem solving evaluating pupils and for dealing with pupils misunderstandings; provides learning activities throughout the book; proposes active learning based classroom teaching methods as well as methods specifically for lab based teaching; discusses various types of questions that a CS instructor tutor or trainer can use for a range of different teaching situations; investigates thoroughly issues of lesson planning and course design; describes frameworks by which prospective CS teachers gain their first teaching experience.