Faculty & staff

My interst and expertise is in the area of computer science education and research. Over the years I developed learning materials and text books  for high school level in the areas of logic programming, artificial intelligence, and algorithmic patterns; and academic programs for undergraduate level in computer science. The development was accompanied by research related to novice difficulties and their problem solving methods.  

Over the years I was an acitve member of Machshava, the Israeli National Center for computer science teachers and trained pre-service and in-service teachers.

Over the years I was involved in computer science outreach programs for youngsters  (like  the Computer Science, Academia & Industry program for talented high school students who major in computer science, and the Beaver Contest on Informatics and Computing Fluency for a wide population of middle school and low grade high school students with no previous formal knowledge in the domain).

• Ph.D. Science Education, Weizmann Institute of Science, 1999
  
• M.Sc. Science Education, Weizmann Institute of Science, 1991
  
• B.Sc. Mathematics, Tel-Aviv University ,1972
  

• Logic programming.
  
• Algorithmic patterns.
  
• Computer science educational research- students' conceptualization of computer science, their problem solving approaches, difficulties, and abstraction skills, In-service teacher education.

• The Orly Kaplan Reward, The Department of Science Teaching, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, 1995
  
• Team honorarium on the subject: Ten years of promoting the Computer Science teaching in Karary High School, Rishon-le-Zion, Israel, The Israeli Association of Computers in Education and the Ministry of Education, Israel, 1995
  

• Mathematics and Physics teacher in high school 1973-1982
  
• Computer Science teacher in high school 1982-1996
  
• Development, implementation and evaluation of Logic Programming and AI new curriculum 1986-1996
  
• Instructor – Computer Science teachers' training courses on Logic Programming and AI topics 1986-1996
  
• Chief Inspector of Computer Science and Information Technology studies in Israel 1996-1998
  
• Coordinator and Committee Member – Computer Science curriculum for high schools 1996-1998
  
• National coordinator and manager of in-service computer science teachers' training 1996-1998
  
• Member of the National CS Teacher Center 2000-present
  Faculty member of the Computer Science department in HIT 2002-present
  
• Committee Member – Computer Science curriculum for high schools, Computer Science curriculum for middle schools, Software engineering curriculum for high schools
  

• Logic Programming
  
• Data Bases
  
• Expert System
  

• Logics for Computer Science

Textbooks

1. B. Haberman
   Lists in Prolog – Student Textbook
   Ramot ed., 1990 (111 pages) [in Hebrew]
2. B. Haberman
   Lists in Prolog – Teacher's Guide
   Weizmann Institute of Science, 1990 (65 pages) [in Hebrew]
3. B. Haberman
   Introduction to Artificial Intelligence – Teacher's Guide
   Weizmannn Institute of Science, 1992 (239 pages) [in Hebrew]
4. B. Haberman
   Introduction to Artificial Intelligence – Student Textbook
   Weizmann Institute of Science, 1994 (279 pages) [in Hebrew]
5. Z. Scherz, B. Haberman, E. Ben Zaken, N. Globerman, E. Shapiro
   Computer Science – Logic Programming (Prolog) – Student Textbook
   Weizmann Institute of Science, 1996 (365 pages) [in Hebrew]
6. R. Ben Basat, B. Haberman, H. Berger, Z. Scherz
   Computer Science – Logic programming (Prolog) – Teacher's Guide
   Weizmann Institute of Science, 1997 (624 pages) [in Hebrew]
7. D. Ginat, B. Haberman, D. Cohen, D. Katz, O. Muller, E. Manashe
   Patterns in Computer Science
   Tel-Aviv University, 2001 (117 pages) [in Hebrew]

Refereed Articles

1. Z. Scherz, B. Haberman
   Teaching the list concept in Prolog – cognitive aspects
   Machshevim Bachinuch, 16, 1991 (16-20) [in Hebrew]
2. B. Haberman, E. Shapiro, Z. Scherz
   Are black boxes transparent? – High school students' strategies of
   using abstract data types
   R.H. Seidman (ed.)
   J. of Educational Computing Research, 27(4), 2002 (411-436)
3. B. Haberman
   Frames and boxes – A pattern-based method for manipulating binary trees
   Inroads - SIGCSE Bulletin, 34(4), 2002 (60-64)
4. B. Haberman, Z. Scherz
   Abstract data types as tools for project development – High school students' views
   J. of Computer Science Education Online, January 2003
   http://www.iste.org/sigcs/community/jcseonline/2003/1/haberman.cfm
5. B. Haberman
   High-School students' attitudes regarding procedural abstraction
   Special Issue of the Education and Information Technologies
   9(2), 2004 (131-145) (Invited)
6. B. Haberman
   How learning logic programming affects recursion comprehension
   Computer Science Education
   14(1), 2004 (37-53)
7. B. Haberman, Z. Scherz
   Evolving boxes as flexible tools for teaching high-school students declarative
   and procedural aspects of logic programming
   Lecture Notes in Computer Science
   Springer-Verlag GmbH, 2005 (156-165)
8. Z. Scherz, B. Haberman
   Mini-projects development in computer science – Students' use of organization tools
   Informatics in Education, 4(2), 2005 (307-319)
   Also published in Informatica, 4(2), 2005 (307-319)
9. B. Haberman
   Pedagogical patterns – A means for communication within the CS teaching community of practice
   Computer Science Education, 16(2), 2006 (87-103)
10. B. Haberman
    Teaching computing in secondary schools in a dynamic world: Challenges and directions
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science
    Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 4226, 2006 (94-103)
11. C. Yehezkel, B. Haberman
    Bridging the gap between school computing and the "real world"
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4226, 2006 (38-47)
12. B. Haberman, H. Averbuch, D. Ginat
    Is it really an algorithm? – The need for explicit discourse
    Annals of Research in Engineering Education (AREE), 2(3), 2006 [on-line] [Invited]
13. H. Holz, A. Applin, B. Haberman, D. Joyce, H. Purchase, C. Reed
    Research methods in computing: What are they, and how should we teach them?
    Workshop Session: ITiCSE-2006 working group reports
    ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 38(4), 2006 (96-114)
14. B. Haberman, A. Cohen
    A high-school programme in software engineering
    Int'l. J. Engineering Education, 23(1), 2007 (15-23)
    Special Issue: Trends in Pre-college Engineering and Technology Education
15. A. Cohen, B. Haberman
    Computer science – A language of technology
    Inroads – The SIGCSE Bulletin, 39(4), 2007 (65-69)
16. B. Haberman
    Formal and practical aspects of implementing abstract data types in the prolog instruction
    Informatica, 19(1), 2008 (17-30)
17. B. Haberman, O. Muller, H. Averbuch
    Multi-faced problem comprehension: Utilizing an algorithmic idea in different contexts
    R.T. Mittermeir, M.M. Syslo (eds.)
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science
    Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 5090, 2008 (180-191)
18. B. Haberman, C. Yehezkel
    A computer science educational program for establishing
    an entry point to the computing community of practice
    J. of Information Technology Education (JIRE), 7, 2008 (81-100)
19. O. Muller, B. Haberman
    Supporting abstraction processes in problem-solving through pattern-oriented-instruction
    Computer Science Education, 18(3), 2008 (187-212)
20. B. Haberman, Z. Scherz
    Connectivity between abstraction layers in declarative ADT-based problem-solving processes
    Informatics in Education, 8(1), 2009 (3-16)
    [ISSN 1648-5831]
21. B. Haberman, C. Yehezkel, H. Salzer
    Making the computer professional domain more attractive:
    An outreach program for prospective students
    Int'l. J. of Engineering Education Special Issue, 25(3), 2009 (534-546)
22. O. Muller, B. Haberman
    (An almost) pedagogical pattern for pattern-based problem-solving instruction
    Annals of Research in Engineering Education (AREE), 2009 Spring/Summer Issue, 4(3), 2009
23. O. Muller, B. Haberman
    Pedagogical patterns – A means for distributing pedagogical knowledge
    Annals of Research in Engineering Education (AREE), 2009 Spring/Summer Issue, 4(3), 2009
24. O. Muller, B. Haberman, D. Ginat
    Pattern-oriented instruction and its influence on problem decomposition and solution construction
    Annals of Research in Engineering Education (AREE), 2009 Winter Issue, 4(2), 2009 [invited]
25. B. Haberman
    The employment of a multi-purpose representation tool for quantification of qualitative data
    Annals of Research in Engineering Education (AREE), 2009 Winter Issue, 4(2), 2009
26. A. Cohen, B. Haberman
    CHAMSA: Five languages citizens of an increasingly technological world should acquire
    ACM Inroads, 1(4), 2010 (54-57)
27. T. Bell, P. Curzon, Q. Cutts, V. Dagiene, B. Haberman
    Overcoming obstacles to CS education by using non-programming outreach programmes
    in: Informatics in Schools, Contributing to 21st Century Education
    I. Kalas, R.T. Mittermeir (eds.)
    Lectures Notes in Computer Science, 7013, 2011 (71-81)
    Proc. 5th Int'l. Conf. on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution and Perspectives (ISSEP 2011)
    Bratislava, Slovakia, 26-29 October 2011
    ISBN: 978-3-642-24721-7

Chapters in Books

1. M. Pelleh, B. Haberman, T. Rosenthal, J. English
   Linking theory, practice and system-level perception:
   Using a PBL approach in an operating systems course
   In: J. of Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 5, 2008 (395-408)
   [ISBN # 9781932886108]
2. B. Haberman
   Computing pre-university: Challenges in K-12 computing education
   In: Wiley Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering
   Benjamin W. Wah (ed.)
   Volume 1 (of 6 volumes), 2009 (3328 pages)
   [ISBN-10: 0-471-38393-7; ISBN-13: 978-0-471-38393-2 [invited]
3. C. Yehezkel, B. Haberman
   Long-term development of software projects – students' self-appreciation and expectations
   In: Teaching Fundamentals Concepts of Informatics – Lecture Notes in Computer Science
   J. Hromkovic, R. Královic , J. Vahrenhold (eds.), 5941, 2010 (194-205) [ISBN 978-3-642-11375-8]
   [also appeared at the 4th Int'l. Conf. on Informatics in Secondary Schools – Evolution and Perspectives, Zurich, Switzerland, 13-15 January 2010]
4. B. Haberman, N. Ragonis
   So different though so similar? – Or vice versa? Exploration of the logic programming
   and the object-oriented programming paradigms
   Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 7, 2010 (393-402)
   Print version: subtitled "Information in Motion" ISBN 978-1-932-88628-3
   [also appeared at Informing Science + Information Technology Education Joint Conf.
   (InSITE 2010 ), Southern Italy, 19-24 June 2010]

Special Report

1. C. Stephenson, J. Gal-Ezer, B. Haberman, A. Verno
   The new educational imperative: Improving high school computer science education
   Final report of the CSTA Curriculum Improvement Task Force February 2005
   Computer Science Teachers Association
   Association for Computing Machinery, 2006 (91 pages)
   online: http://csta.acm.org/Publications/CSTA-WhitePaperNC.pdf

Papers Presented at Scientific Meetings Published in Proceedings
Refereed

1. B. Haberman, Z. Scherz, E. Shapiro
   A Prolog environment for high school students – the use of abstract data types
   for knowledge representation and problem solving
   Proc. East West Conf. on Emerging Computer Technologies in Education
   Ed. P. Brusilovski, V. Stefanuk
   Moscow, Russia, 1992 (135-141)
2. Z. Scherz, B. Haberman
   Conceptual and cognitive aspects of Prolog instruction to high school students
   Proc. Nato Advanced Research Workshop on Cognitive Models and
   Intelligent Environments for Learning Programming
   Ed. E. Lemut
   Santa Margarita, Italy, 1992 (299-302)
3. Z. Scherz, B. Haberman, N. Ragonis, E. Shapiro
   Expert systems by high school students in Prolog environment
   Proc. Int'l. PEG Conf., Edinburgh, Scotland, July 1993
4. Z. Scherz, B. Haberman, N. Ragonis
   Introduction to logic programming: the development of a multilevel curriculum
   Proc. 7th ICLP Workshop on Logic Programming in Education
   Santa-Margarita, Italy, June 1994
5. Z. Scherz, B. Haberman
   Logic programming based curriculum for high school students:
   the use of abstract data types
   Proc. 26th Annual SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education-
   SIGSCE '95, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, March 1995 (331-335)
   [also appeared in: SIGSCE Bulletin ACM Press, 27(1), 1995 (331-335)]
6. B. Haberman, Z. Scherz, E. Shapiro
   Abstract data types as a project development organizer
   Proc. 3rd Annual Conf. on Integrating Technology in Computer Science Education –
   ITiCSE '98, Dublin, Ireland, August 1998 (102-104)
   [also appeared in: SIGSCE Bulletin, ACM Press, 30(3), 1998 (102-104)]
7. B. Haberman, D. Ginat
   Distance learning model with local workshop sessions applied to
   in-service teacher training
   Proc. 4th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education –
   ITiCSE '99, Cracow, Poland, July 1999 (64-67)
   [also appeared in: SIGSCE Bulletin, ACM Press, 31(3), 1999 (64-67)]
8. B. Haberman, Y. Ben-David Kollikant
   Activating "black boxes” instead of opening "zippers” –
   A method of teaching novices basic CS concepts
   Proc. 6th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education –
   ITiCSE ‘01, Canterbury, UK, June 2001 (41-44)
   [also appeared in: SIGCSE Bulletin, 33(3), 2001 (41-44)]
9. B. Haberman, H. Averbuch
   The case of base cases : Why are they so difficult to recognize?
   Student difficulties with recursion
   Proc. 7th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education –
   ITiCSE ‘02, Aarhus, Denmark, 24-26 June 2002 (84-88)
   [also appeared in: SIGCSE Bulletin, 34(3), 2002 (84-88)]
10. B. Haberman, E. Lev, D. Langley
    Action research as a tool for promoting teacher awareness of students' conceptual understanding
    8th Annual Conf. on Innovations and Technology in Computer Science Education-
    ITiCSE ‘03, Thessaloniki, Greece, 30 June-2 July 2003 (144-148)
    [also appeared in: SIGCSE Bulletin, 35(3), 2003 (144-148)]
11. N. Ragonis, B. Haberman
    Management issues of flexible, multi-level distance learning-based teacher training (Short paper)
    Proc. IEEE Int'l. Conf. on Advanced Learning Technologies-ICALT '03
    Athens, Greece, 9-11 July 2003
12. O. Muller, B. Haberman, H. Averbuch
    (An almost) pedagogical pattern for pattern-based problem-solving instruction
    9th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education –
    ITiCSE'04, Leeds, United Kingdom, 28-30 June 2004 (102-106)
    [also appeared in: SIGCSE Bulletin, 36(3), 2004 (102-106)]
13. B. Haberman, M. Trakhtenbrot
    An undergraduate program in embedded systems engineering
    Proc. 18th Conf. on Software Engineering Education and Training - CSEE&T
    Ottawa, Canada, 18-20 April 2005 (103-109)
14. B. Haberman, H. Averbuch, D. Ginat
    Is it really an algorithm? – The need for explicit discourse
    T.C. Lethbridge, D.Port (eds.)
    10th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education –
    ITiCSE'05, Monte de Caparica, Portugal, 27-29 June 2005 (74-78)
15. B. Haberman, Z. Scherz
    The narrative of problem-solving processes: Implementation as TSL method in the
    Logic Programming Paradigm
    Proc. 12th Int'l. Network-Based Education (NBE 2005) Conf.
    Teaching-Studying-Learning (TSL) Processes and Mobile Technologies:
    Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinary (MIT) Research Approaches
    Rovaniemi, Finland, 14-17 Sept. 2005 (193-201)
16. O. Muller, B. Haberman, D. Ginat
    Pattern-oriented instruction and its influence on problem decomposition and solution construction
    The 12th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science – ITiCSE'07,Dundee, Scotland, 25-27 June 2007 (151-155)
    [also appeared in: SIGCSE Bulletin, 39(3), 2004 (151-155)]
17. M. Pelleh, B. Haberman, T. Rosenthal, J. English
    Linking theory, practice and system-level perception:
    Using a PBL approach in an operating systems course
    Informing Science + Information Technology Education Joint Conf. (InSITE 2008)
    Varna, Bulgaria, 22-25 June 2008
18. B. Haberman, C. Yehezkel
    Computer science, academia, and industry – An educational program
    For establishing an entry point to the computing community of practice
    Informing Science + Information Technology Education Joint Conf. (InSITE 2008)
    Varna, Bulgaria, 22-25 June 2008
19. B. Haberman, O. Muller, H. Averbuch
    Multi-faced problem comprehension: Utilizing an algorithmic idea in different contexts
    3rd Int'l. Conf. ISSEP Informatics in Secondary Schools – Evaluation and Perspectives
    Toruń, Poland, 1-4 July 2008
20. B. Haberman, C. Yehezkel
    WIP: Developing a culture of learning befitting the dynamic world of computing
    2008 Frontiers in Education Conf.
    Saratoga Springs, New York, USA, 22-25 Oct. 2008
21. B. Haberman, O. Muller
    Teaching abstraction to novices in the course of pattern-based and
    ADT-based problem solving processes
    2008 Frontiers in Education Conf.
    Saratoga Springs, New York, USA, 22-25 Oct. 2008
22. O Muller, B. Haberman
    A course dedicated to developing algorithmic problem solving
    skills – Design and experiment
    21st Annual Psychology of Programming Interest Group Conf. – PPIG 2009
    University of Limerick, Ireland, 24-26 June 2009
23. O. Muller, B. Haberman
    A non-linear approach to solving linear algorithmic problems
    40th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conf.
    Washington, DC, USA, 27-30 October 2010 (F1D-1–F1D-6)
24. A. Cohen, B. Haberman
    CHAMSA: Five languages that citizens of an increasingly technological world should acquire
    Proc. Informing Science & IT Education Conf. (InSITE 2011)
    Novi Sad, Serbia, 18-23 June 2011
25. B. Haberman, A. Cohen, V. Dagiene
    The Beaver contest – attracting youngsters to study computing
    Proc. ITiCSE 2011 – The 16th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in
    Computer Science Education
    Darmstadt, Germany, 27-29 June 2011 (page 378) [poster]
26. B. Haberman, H. Averbuch, A. Cohen, V. Daigiene
    Work in progress – Initiating the Beaver contest on computer science and
    computer fluency in Israel
    41st ASEE/IEEE 2011 Frontiers in Education Conf. (FIE 2011)
    South Dakota, USA, 12-15 October 2011 (T1D-1–T1D-2)
27. E. Hershkovich, B. Haberman
    A Systematic Knowledge Pattern (SKP) for teaching knowledge management
    2012 Frontiers in Education Conf. (FIE 2012)
    Seattle, Washington, USA, 3-6 October 2012 (878-883)
28. I. Zur, O. Muller, B. Haberman, D. Zohar, A. Cohen, D. Levy, R. Hotoveli
    Implementing a new computer science curriculum for middle school in Israel
    2012 Frontiers in Education Conf. (FIE 2012)
    Seattle, Washington, USA, 3-6 October 2012 (886-891)
29. B. Haberman, A. Cohen
    Educating youngsters to communicate and distribute knowledge in the contemporary world
    10th IFIP World Conf. on Computers in Education (WCCE 2013)
    Toruń, Poland, 1-7 July 2013

Refereed Posters

1. T. Lapidot, and B. Haberman
   "Machshava” - The Israeli National Center for High School Computer Science Teachers
   Proc. 7th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education –
   ITiCSE ‘02, Aarhus, Denmark, 24-26 June 2002, page 234 [poster]
2. N. Ragonis, B. Haberman
   A multi-level distance learning-based course for high-school computer science leading-teachers
   8th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education –
   ITiCSE '03, Thessaloniki, Greece, 30 June-2 July 2003 (page 224) [poster]
3. V. Nodelman, B. Haberman
   Complex analysis in computer graphics course
   10th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education –
   ITiCSE'05, Monte de Caparica, Portugal, 27-29 June 2005 (page 381) [poster]
   [also appeared in: SIGCSE Bulletin, 37(3), 2005 (page 381)]
4. C. Yehezkel, B. Haberman
   'Computer science, academia, and industry' educational project
   10th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education –
   ITiCSE'05, Monte de Caparica, Portugal, 27-29 June 2005 (page 364) [poster]
   [also appeared in: SIGCSE Bulletin, 37(3), 2005 (page 364)]
5. O. Muller, B. Haberman
   Guidelines for a multiple-goal CS introductory course: Algorithmic problem-solving woven into OOP
   10th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education –
   ITiCSE'05, Monte de Caparica, Portugal, 27-29 June 2005 (page 356) [poster]
   [also appeared in: SIGCSE Bulletin, 38(3), 2005 (page 356)]
6. M. Mano, B. Haberman, T. Rosenthal
   Promoting women in science and technology
   11th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
   University of Bologna, Italy, 26-28 June 2006 (page 304) [poster]
   [also appeared in: SIGCSE Bulletin, 38(3), 2006 (page 304)]
7. B. Raveh, B. Haberman, C. Yehezkel
   Transforming a high school student project in computer science
   into a significant scientific achievement
   12th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - ITiCSE'07
   Dundee, Scotland 25-27 June 2007 (page 331) [poster]
   [also appeared in: SIGCSE Bulletin, 39(3), 2007 (page 331)]
8. B. Haberman, C. Yehezkel
   Long-term software project development – The affect of students'
   self-appreciation and initial expectations
   14th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in
   Computer Science Education – ITICSE 2009
   Paris, France, 3-8 July 2009
9. N. Ragonis, B. Haberman
   Linking different programming paradigms: Thoughts about instructional design
   Proc. 15th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2010)
   Bilkent, Anakara, Turkey, 26-30 June 2010
   ITiCSE 10 Proc. 15th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
   2010 (page 310) [poster]
   ISBN: 978-1-60558-820-9
10. T. Bell, P. Curzon, Q. Cutts, V. Dagiene, B. Haberman
    Introducing students to computer science with programmes that don't emphasise programming
    Proc. ITiCSE 2011 – The 16th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in
    Computer Science Education
    Darmstadt, Germany, 27-29 June 2011 (page 391) [poster]
11. H.T. Salzer, B. Haberman, C. Yehezkel
    The scientific method and software testing integrated into the same lesson
    17th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE)
    Haifa, Israel, 3-5 July 2012 [poster]
12. E. Hershkovich, B. Haberman
    How innovative technology tools can be used to create new methodology
    for teaching knowledge
    17th Annual Conf. on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE)
    Haifa, Israel, 3-5 July 2012 [poster]