Exercising the Students Computational Thinking Ability using Bebras Challenge

Abstract

In this paper, we present our observation regarding the student's computational thinking skill in the region of Sumatera Utara, Indonesia. The observation is based on the result of Bebras Indonesia 2019, a computer-based countrywide test on computational thinking aimed at students in primary school, middle school, and high school. We collected the data in a specific targeted region (the province of Sumatera Utara), collects additional data from the participant's school, and analyse the data. Our objective is to find a pattern between the schools' approach, if any, regarding topics related to computation thinking to the ability of students to actually solve the problem based on their score in the test.