Liat Nakar

Dr. Liat Nakar

Head of the Computer Science Program.

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About

Head of the Computer Science Program.

Education

Ph.D. from the Department of Science Teaching, Computer Science Education group, Weizmann Institute of Science (2023).

M.Sc. in Computer Science, the Open University of Israel (2010).

B.A. in Computer Science, the Open University of Israel (2002).

Teaching Areas

Introductory courses in Computer Science, Data Structures and Algorithms, Software Engineering, Computational Models, Object-Oriented Design and Programming, Complexity and Computability, Learning and Problem-Solving Skills for Computer Science.

Research interests

Computer Science Education, Problem Solving in Computer Science, Abstraction, Creativity, Integration of AI in Teaching and Problem Solving.

Selected Publications

Nakar, L., & Armoni, M. (2025). Aiming towards Abstraction: Does Algorithmic-Pattern-Oriented Instruction Promote the Teaching of Abstraction?. In SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education 2025.
Nakar, L., Friebroon-Yesharim M. and Armoni M. (2023). From Modelling to Assessing Algorithmic Abstraction – the Missing Dimension. In Conference on Computing Education Research (KOLI) conference 2023; Finland.
Nakar, L., & Armoni, M. (2023, September). On Teaching Abstraction in Computer Science: Secondary-School Teachers' Perceptions vs. Practices. In Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research (pp. 1-7).
Nakar, L. and Armoni, M. (2022). Pattern-oriented instruction and students' abstraction skills. Poster accepted to the Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE2022, Dublin, Ireland). New-York, NY: ACM.
Nakar, L. (2019). Pattern-oriented instruction and its influence on meaningful learning of algorithmic patterns and acquiring fundamental skills in computer science. In Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE2019, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK). (pp. 346-347). New-York, NY: ACM.