Non-competitive programming contest problems as the basis for just-in-time teaching

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Astrachan, Owen L ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active Learning; Algorithms; Problem Solving; Programming

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNING; LEARNING PROCESS; MODEL-VIEW CONTROLLER (MVC); OBJECT ORIENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 21644444426     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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