Cognitive characteristics for learning visual basic

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 58-66

  White, Garry ^a   Ploeger, Floyd ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE CHARACTERISTICS; HEMISPHERIC MODE INDICATOR (HMI); PROPOSITION LOGIC TESTS (PLT); VISUAL BASIC (VB);

BASIC (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEACHING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 2142657536     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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