Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction-What is this guide about. -- Introduction -- Motivation for writing this guide -- The methods of teaching computer science (MTCS) course -- The structure of the guide to teaching computer science -- How to use the guide? -- Active learning and the active-learning-based teaching model. -- Introduction -- Active learning -- Why active learning is suitable for implementation -- Active-learning-based teaching model -- The role of the instructor in the active-learning-based teaching model -- Overview of the discipline of computer science. -- Introduction -- What is computer science? -- The history of computer science -- Computer scientists -- Social issues of computer science -- Programming paradigms -- Computer science soft ideas -- Research in computer science education. -- Introduction -- Research in computer science education: what it is and why and how it is useful? -- MTSC course activities -- Problem solving strategies. -- Introduction -- Problem-solving processes -- Problem understanding -- Solution design -- Solution examination -- Reflection -- Learners' alternate conceptions. -- Introduction -- Pedagogical tools for dealing with alternative conceptions -- Activities to be facilitated in MTCS course -- Teaching methods in computer science education. -- Introduction -- Pedagogical tools -- Different forms of class organization -- Mentoring software project development --

Lab-based teaching. -- Introduction -- What is a computer lab? -- Lab-first approach -- Visualization and animation -- Using the internet in the teaching of computer science -- Types of questions in computer science education. -- Introduction -- Types of questions -- Kinds of answers -- Assimilation of the types of questions to different computer science contents -- Question preparation -- Evaluation. -- Introduction -- Tests -- Project evaluation -- Portfolio -- The evaluation of the students in the MTCS course -- Teaching planning. -- Introduction -- Top-down approach for teaching planning -- Illustration: teaching one-dimensional array -- Activities to be facilitated in the MTCS course -- Integrated view at the MTCS course organization -- the case of recursion. -- Introduction -- Classification of everyday objects and phenomena: the case of recursion -- Leap of faith -- Models of the recursive process -- Research on learning and teaching recursion -- How does recursion sound? -- Evaluation -- Additional activities -- Getting experience in computer science education. -- Introduction -- The practicum in the high school -- A tutoring model for guiding problems -- Practicum versus tutoring -- Design of a methods of teaching computer science course. -- Perspectives on the MTCS course -- Suggestions of the MTCS course syllabi -- High school computer science teacher preparation programs. -- A model for high school computer science education -- Construction of a computer science teacher preparation -- Epilogue.