Puzzles and games: Addressing different learning styles in teaching operating systems concepts

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 182-186

  Hill, John M D ^a   Ray, Clark K ^a   Blair, Jean R S ^a   Carver Jr , Curtis A ^a  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom games; Learning styles; Operating systems

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; GAMES; PUZZLES;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 0038349509     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/792548.611964     Document Type: Conference Paper

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