School programming as literacy: The case for BOXER

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-58

  O'Reilly, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BOXER; Literacy; Mathematics Education; Primary; Programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032346066     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2729.1998.1410051.x     Document Type: Article

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