Games as a motivation for freshman students to learn programming

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Feldgen, María ^a   Clúa, Osvaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Freshman; Learning styles; Programming skills; Retention

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; GAME THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS; USER INTERFACES;

FRESHMAN; LEARNING STYLES; PROGRAMMING SKILLS; RETENTION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 21644464295     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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