Conceptual models and cognitive learning styles in teaching recursion

SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 292-296

  Wu, Cheng Chih ^a   Dale, Nell B ^b   Bethel, Lowell J ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0003042833     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/274790.274315     Document Type: Article

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