The bebras contest in Austria – Do personality, self-concept and general interests play an influential role?

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Abstract

The Bebras (Beaver) contest aims at testing of and motivating for Informatics and Computer fluency, and as such it is designed to be a contest for all pupils between 8 and 19. But, does it really attract and favor all types of children likewise? This paper takes a closer look at different types of personality, self-concept and interests of the winners of the Bebras contest in Austria and discusses those factors that might contribute to a successful participation. It concludes with some recommendations that might help in increasing the number of participation at the event.

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Bollin, A., Demarle-Meusel, H., Kesselbacher, M., Mößlacher, C., Rohrer, M., & Sylle, J. (2018). The bebras contest in Austria – Do personality, self-concept and general interests play an influential role? In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 11169 LNCS, pp. 283–294). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02750-6_22

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