Concrete teaching: Hooks and props as instructional technology

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

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 21-24

  Astrachan, Owen ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Active teaching; C++; Introductory computer; Java; Pointers; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012610675     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/290320.283003     Document Type: Article

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