Alexandra Simon

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Research assistant

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Ms Alexandra Simon

ODiKS - Offene Digitale Infrastrukturen kommunaler Schulträger

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Organization Name

ForUS - University School Research Unit

ForUS - University School Research Unit

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Rotunde, 2.OG, Raum 203/204 Zellescher Weg 21-25A

01217 Dresden

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Scientific career

• Since 03/2025 Research Associate at the ForUS Dresden University School research center
• 2019-2021 Research Associate at the Chair of Didactics of Computer Science at TU Dresden
• 2014-2019 Research Associate at the Chair of Didactics of Computer Science at TU Munich
• 2012-2013 Research Associate at the Junior Professorship Systems Engineering of ubiquitous Systems
• 2006-2012 Diploma degree in Media Computer Science with a minor in Psychology at TU Dresden

Current projects

• ODIkS - Open digital infrastructures of municipal school authorities

Selected Publications

• Simon, Alexandra; Geldreich, Katharina; Hubwieser, Peter (2019) How to Transform Programming Processes in Scratch to Graphical Visualizations. In Proceedings of the 14th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE '19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 14, 1–9
• Geldreich, Katharina; Simon, Alexandra; Starke, Elena; Reisenhofer, Birgit (2019) Which Perceptions do Primary School Children have about Programming? Proceedings of the 14th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education on - WiPSCE'19, ACM Press, 2019
• Funke, Alexandra; Geldreich, Katharina (2017) Measurement and Visualization of Programming Processes of Primary School Students in Scratch. In Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE ’17), ACM, pp. 101-102
• Funke, Alexandra; Geldreich, Katharina; Hubwieser, Peter (2017) Analysis of Scratch Projects of an Introductory Programming Course for Primary School Students. In Proceedings of the IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON ’17), IEEE Press, pp. 1233-1240
• Funke, Alexandra; Geldreich, Katharina; Hubwieser, Peter (2016) Primary School Teachers’ Opinions About Early Computer Science Education. In Proceedings of the 16th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research (Koli Calling ’16), ACM, pp. 135-139

• Funke, Alexandra; Berges, Marc; Hubwieser, Peter (2016) Different Perceptions of Computer Science. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (LaTiCE ’16), IEEE Press, pp. 14–18