Positive experiences with an open project assignment in an introductory programming course

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 608-613

  Sindre, Guttorm ^a,b   Line, Steinar ^a   Valvåg, Ottar V ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER GAME; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING COURSE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0038262690     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/icse.2003.1201244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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