Tier 1 Instructional Strategies To Improve K-4 Reading Comprehension
Category: Student Learning
Instrument Overview
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Strengths
Uses authentic, problem-based Bebras tasks that require students to apply computational thinking skills to varied, real-world–like scenarios, supporting transfer of skills across contexts rather than isolated knowledge recall.
Cautions
Relies on paper-based, multiple-choice–style Bebras tasks, which may not fully capture students’ ability to generate solutions or demonstrate computational thinking in more open-ended or creative problem-solving contexts.
The Junior School Bebras Cards are an unplugged instructional and assessment tool designed to develop and measure primary students’ computational thinking skills through problem-solving activities. The instrument is designed to assess how students transfer computational thinking skills to novel problems while engaging in accessible, low-resource classroom activities. The material consists of individual cards, each presenting a task based on real-world or puzzle-like scenarios that target specific computational thinking concepts such as algorithms, logic, abstraction, and pattern recognition.
Each card includes a single task in a visual, game-like format, often accompanied by multiple-choice or short-response options. Students work through sequences of cards of increasing difficulty, applying reasoning and problem-solving strategies without the use of computers.
The cards are used within structured instructional sessions where students complete tasks individually or in guided sequences. Performance on the tasks can be recorded and analyzed to examine students’ ability to apply computational thinking skills across different contexts.
Organization
Topic
Collection Category(ies)
Content
Grades
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
48 items
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Price
No fee
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Item Type
Multiple choice
Open response
