Efficiency of algorithms for programming beginners

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

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 256-260

  Ginat, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION; EFFICIENCY; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING;

CURRICULUM; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; PROGRAM DESIGN; PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0029711158     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/236462.236551     Document Type: Article

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