Large introductory computer science classes: strategies for effective course management

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

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 131-134

  Kay, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Course management; Introductory courses; Large courses; Teaching techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012582589     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/274790.273177     Document Type: Article

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