The computer science education crisis: Fact or illusion?

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-45

  Nwana, Hyacinth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer science; Computer science education; Constructivism; Positivism

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; EDUCATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; CONSTRUCTIVISM; POSITIVISM;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 0031200021     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-5438(97)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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